The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

He would be referring to the many events linked to the 850-year history of the Habsburg empire which touched almost ... and perhaps still a Habsburg Monarchy in Austria, because Franz Ferdinand ...

But like the Flashman books, A Sailor of Austria certainly has its comic moments. Biggins has a fine sense of humor, and a sense of the absurd, which serves him well in telling Prohaska’s story.