The Emperor's Coloured Coat
The Emperor's Coloured Coat

Author: John Biggins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006-05-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1590134710

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This book follows the hapless Lieutenant Otto Prohaska in the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and finds Otto taking an ill-considered break from duties to engage in a mad fling with a Polish actress. After a desperate attempt to elude his lover's husband, he finds himself mistaken by anarchists as one of their own. Otto soon masters their code names and secret handshakes, but when he also learns of their plans to assassinate the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, his duty is clear. He must alert his superiors—now, if only he can find someone who will believe him!

A Sailor of Austria
A Sailor of Austria

Author: John Biggins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1590134680

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In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.

Tomorrow the World
Tomorrow the World

Author: John Biggins

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 159013477X

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Laced with smart humor, this naval tale follows the early career of Lieutenant Otto Prohaska, a cadet in the Austro–Hungarian Navy at the turn of the century. Bad luck continues to shadow Otto, and when a fellow cadet breaks his leg, Otto must take his place on a scientific expedition bound for disaster. But even sinister quack scientists, a misguided attempt to establish a colony in Africa, and angry South Sea cannibals bent on destruction cannot keep Otto from fulfilling his patriotic duty.

The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes

Author: Joseph L. Graves

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780813533025

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"Graves' answers could revise the ways in which humans interact with one another."--"Choice." "A fine start for thinking about race at the dawn of the millennium."--"American Scientist."

Roman Clothing and Fashion
Roman Clothing and Fashion

Author: Alexandra Croom

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2010-09-15

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1445612445

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A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire.

Colours Aloft!
Colours Aloft!

Author: Alexander Kent

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000-04-01

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1590131754

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Falmouth, September 1803: As Bolitho faces the grim reality of war at close quarters, he will be called upon to anticipate the strategies of the French fleet. But the conflict has also taken on a personal note, reviving his vendetta with the French Admiral, Jobert, who once commanded the Argonaute.