{"product_id":"double-emperor-9780761870777","title":"Double Emperor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor forty-three years, Francis I of Austria ruled a vast heterogenous Empire that came to dominate the continent of Europe.  Ascending Charlemagne's thousand-year throne of the Holy Roman Empire at the age of twenty-four on the unexpected death of his father, this scion of the ancient Habsburg dynasty became the first Emperor of Austria and for two years, the only Double Emperor in history.  Both the father in law of Napoleon Bonaparte and his chief rival for dominance of the continent of Europe, Francis eventually led a coalition of nations to Paris in 1814 and sent Napoleon into exile.  The exiled Napoleon's only son and heir lived with his grandfather thereafter in Vienna until his tragic early death.  Kings, ministers, generals and the glitterati of Europe gathered under his watchful eye at the Congress of Vienna to decide the fate of a continent in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars in which he played a pivotal role.  The Congress saw the emergence of his new Austrian Empire as the m\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures  Preface Part I Chapter 1: Birth and the Florentine Years\t  Chapter 2: Coming of Age – Vienna and Joseph II\t          Chapter 3: A Brief Transition – Leopold II\t         Chapter 4: Accession to Power – 1792\t    Part II Chapter 5: The Economics of War and Peace\t             Chapter 6: The Habsburg Inheritance\t            Chapter 7: The Second Coalition\t\t      Chapter 8: Beethoven, The Third Coalition and The Birth of the Austrian Empire                       Chapter 9: Conservative Reform in the Franciscan Era\t          Chapter 10: Wagram                   Part III Chapter 11: Metternich, Radetzky and the Policy of Collaboration  Chapter 12: Resurrection\t         Chapter 13: Triumph and Redemption\t              Chapter 14: Finis Napoleon  Chapter 15: The Congress of Vienna               Part IV Chapter 16: After the Congress – Biedermeier Austria\t       Chapter 17: Family\t                Chapter 18: Francis and the Post War Era\t           Chapter 19: Luxury and Austrian Biedermeier Culture                  Chapter 20: Revolution and Reaction               Chapter 21: Franciscan Twilight\t            Epilogue  Bibliography\t  Index About the Author","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037892706647,"sku":"9780761870777","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761870777.jpg?v=1750938051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/double-emperor-9780761870777","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}