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Mary Lou Buell

More on the Congress of Vienna

October 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Congress of Vienna is a trendy subject in history circles these days.  One can’t help but make comparisons between the nobles in Austria in 1815–all dressed to impress and lavishly partying–and the celebrities whose escapades are chronicled in the pages of US and People. 
Last spring David King’s Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon [...]

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