The Crossroads of Civilization
Book description
"From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilization and as the international capital." —Arnold Schwarzenegger
A rich and illuminating history of the world…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Crossroads of Civilization as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I bought this book because my brain was starving for something totally new, and I told my bookseller. He recommended this despite the fact that I’m not normally a reader of history.
How it is written brings Vienna alive so vividly that just reading the first page made me not put the book down for hours. It’s not a heavy read. It’s learned, but it’s also lively, full of quirky and amusing anecdotes and a colorful cast of characters.
Fascinating to the point that I now have a ticket to Vienna, departing in two weeks.
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