The Emperor Incognito
Joseph II's Journey through Enlightenment Europe
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2026
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-914979-43-9 (ISBN)
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-914979-43-9 (ISBN)
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The young Habsburg emperor Joseph II travels incognito through his vast empire. He wants to see with his own eyes how his subjects live, suffer, and starve. Based on countless sources, The Emperor Incognito tells the story of an extraordinary man in an age of great upheaval, who was far ahead of his time.
It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the European royal houses are beginning to falter. The young Habsburg emperor Joseph II realises that reform is inevitable, and he eagerly soaks up Enlightenment ideas. Incognito, and without the usual pomp and entourage, he travels through his vast empire. He wants to see with his own eyes how his subjects live, suffer and starve.
Along with princes and kings he meets ordinary people, and visits hospitals and factories on the search for new insights that will help him build a modern state. When he visits his sister in Versailles, he can see the French revolution looming on the horizon. By the end of his journey, he has spent a quarter of his twenty-five-year reign on the road. Based on countless sources, Monika Czernin’s The Emperor Travels Incognito tells the story of an extraordinary man in an age of great upheaval, who was far ahead of his time.
It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the European royal houses are beginning to falter. The young Habsburg emperor Joseph II realises that reform is inevitable, and he eagerly soaks up Enlightenment ideas. Incognito, and without the usual pomp and entourage, he travels through his vast empire. He wants to see with his own eyes how his subjects live, suffer and starve.
Along with princes and kings he meets ordinary people, and visits hospitals and factories on the search for new insights that will help him build a modern state. When he visits his sister in Versailles, he can see the French revolution looming on the horizon. By the end of his journey, he has spent a quarter of his twenty-five-year reign on the road. Based on countless sources, Monika Czernin’s The Emperor Travels Incognito tells the story of an extraordinary man in an age of great upheaval, who was far ahead of his time.
Monika Czernin is an internationally renowned author and filmmaker. She has a special interest in the key figures and turning points of European history, and her most recent book, Anna Sacher and Her Hotel, spent many weeks on the bestseller lists. Dominic Lieven is currently a visiting professor in the Department of International History at LSE, London. His most recent book is Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia. Jamie Bulloch is a historian and has worked as a professional translator from German since 2001. He has been shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translation from the German six times, winning in 2014 for Birgit Vanderbeke’s The Mussel Feast and in 2023 for Arno Geiger’s Hinterland.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Dominic Lieven |
| Übersetzer | Jamie Bulloch |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 Maps |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-914979-43-5 / 1914979435 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-914979-43-9 / 9781914979439 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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