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Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary

Name: Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary
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ISBN: 9781505127300

by Charles A. Coulombe · 2020 edition

A full-length biography of Empress Zita, tracing the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the family’s exile to Madeira, where her husband, Blessed Charles, died in 1922.

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Author: Charles A. Coulombe
Edition year: 2020
Publisher: TAN Books
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781505127300

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