Maria Theresa - Softcover

Crankshaw, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689707088 ISBN 13: 9780689707087

Publisher: Atheneum, 1986

Synopsis

A literary portrait of the imposing figure who was the only woman to rule the Habsburg empire

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Crankshaw (1909 - 1984) was a British writer, translator and commentator on Soviet affairs. Born in London, Crankshaw was educated in the Nonconformist public school, Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire. He started working as a journalist for a few months at The Times. In the 1930s he lived in Vienna, Austria, teaching English and learning German (his competent grasp of German caused him to become part of the British Intelligence service during World War II). On his return he went back to write for The Times and began to write reviews-mostly musical-for The Spectator, The Bookman, and other periodicals. Crankshaw wrote around 40 books on Austrian and Russian subjects and after the war began his research in much more depth. Crankshaw's book on Nazi terror, Gestapo (1956), was widely read and in 1963 he began to produce the ambitious literary works, often on historical or monumental moments in Russian Political history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0689707088
• ISBN 13: 9780689707087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366