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  • Fanny von Arnstein: Daughter of the Enlightenment

    by Hilde Spiel ...
    Translated by Christine Shuttleworth ...
    Berlin-born Fanny von Arnstein married a financier to the Austro-Hungarian imperial court, and in 1798 her husband became the first unconverted Jew in Austria to be granted the title of baron. Soon Fanny hosted an ever more splendid salon which attracted the leading figures of her day, including Madame de Staël and Arthur Schopenhauer. Hilde Spiel's biography provides a vivid portrait of a brave ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Pity of It All

    A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933

    by Amos Elon ...
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  • I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1

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  • Frederick the Great

    King of Prussia

    by Tim Blanning ...
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  • Marie Antoinette

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  • Antisemitism

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  • Twilight of Empire

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    Scenes from the Life of a European City

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