THE SHOTS THAT IGNITED A BLOODBATH: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary - Couverture souple

T. Chando, Janvier; Chouteu, Janvier

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798674868842

Editeur : Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Europe, 1914. Beneath the glittering surface of a continent ruled by ancient empires, a fuse is burning. Ethnic nationalism is reaching a fever pitch, threatening to shatter the fragile status quo and plunge the world into unfathomable chaos. As desperate monarchs scramble to solidify secret alliances, the fate of Western civilization hangs in a delicate balance.

At the very eye of this gathering storm sits the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A sprawling, fragile mosaic of three major language groups and dozens of distinct nationalities, it should be the first to break. Yet, miraculously, it holds—bound together by a deep, widespread devotion to its aging Emperor, Franz Josef.

But the future belongs to his heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Brilliant, tenacious, and fiercely progressive, Franz Ferdinand is a visionary ready to drag his empire into the modern age. At his side is his wife, Sophie—their union celebrated as one of history’s greatest and most defiant love affairs. Together, they embody a beacon of hope, an inspiring symbol of unity for an empire on the brink.

Then, the world stops.

In a single, shattering moment in Sarajevo, a band of young assassins—trained, armed, and funded by fanatics in neighboring Serbia—fires the fateful shots that will extinguish the light of an empire and ignite the greatest bloodbath the world had ever seen.

In THE SHOTS THAT IGNITED A BLOODBATH: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Janvier T. Chando delivers a masterfully tense, honest, and uniquely insightful account of the claustrophobic atmosphere leading up to World War One. By unearthing powerful, overlooked perspectives from the precipice of catastrophe, the author does more than recount history—he offers a profound mirror to our own turbulent modern world, revealing how easily peace can vanish into the smoke of gunfire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798674868842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 113
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