Brigitte Hamann Livres

" Brigitte Hamann analyse les tensions ethniques, sociales et idéologiques qui, vers 1910, agitaient Vienne. Hitler a détesté la capitale autrichienne taxée de Babylone. Ceux qu'il jettera en camp de concentration - catholiques, juifs, sociaux-démocrates, patriotes, monarchistes - personnifiaient ce " monde d'hier " (Zweig) qu'il vomissait quand, misérable, il arpentait les rues de la vieille cité impériale. " Jean Sévillia " Un livre impressionnant et fascinant... Que l'on accepte ou non son postulat de base. " George Steiner " Les études psycho-historiques précédentes apparaissent comme redondantes, voire fausses face à ce livre sur la jeunesse d'Hitler. " Hans Mommsen

Tracing the life of "Sissi" Empress of Austria, Brigitte Hamann paints a portrait of a highly-gifted, clear-sighted and unconventional personality. The volume contains extracts from Elisabeth's diaries and includes relevant pictures from original pictorial documentation.

Cette biographie retrace le destin mouvementé d'une femme exceptionnelle à la veille de la Grande Guerre : celui de la première lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix, Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914). Avec une énergie hors du commun, la comtesse Kinsky, épouse baronne von Suttner, s'engagea contre la guerre et le militarisme, devient la journaliste politique la plus célèbre de son temps, fonda le Bureau international de la paix et plusieurs sociétés de paix, en Allemagne, en Autriche-Hongrie ansi qu'ailleurs dans le monde. Son engagement ne se limita d'ailleurs pas à la cause de la paix : elle lutta également contre les conventions surannées, l'oppression des femmes et l'antisémitisme. Grâce à son roman Bas les armes, qui connut un immense succès, elle acquit une notoriété mondiale. Il convient à présent d'honorer sa mémoire et de soumettre son combat au jugement des générations actuelles et futures.

She was the romantic idol of her age, the extraordinarily beautiful and mysterious Empress Elisabeth of Austria whose exploits made her a legend in nineteenth-century Europe and beyond. This biography by Brigitte Hamann reveals the truth of a complex and touching, curiously modern personality, her refusals to conform, escaping to a life of her own, filled with literature, ideas and the new political passions of the age. This edition is a translation into English from the original German by Ruth Hein.

Crown Prince Rudolf, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth, owes his world-wide fame mainly to the mystery at Mayerling, where he sought death with this seventeen-year-old mistress Mary Vetsera. Yet his ignominious death was preceded by a very eventful life spent against the courtly splendour of the imperial city and, conversely, among the intellectuals and supposedly revolutionary minds of late nineteenth-century Vienna. This contradiction may explain why his fascinating personality continues to hold our attention one hundred years after the catastrophe. Rudolf's life, which covered a mere thirty years, is here documented through contemporary illustrations, photos, paintings and records from various family archives. As might be expected, the events centring on Mayerling have received particular emphasis in this representation.

Winifred Wagner's life is a remarkable tale of transformation and influence. Born Winifred Williams in 1897, she was an English orphan adopted by relatives in a utopian settlement near Berlin. In 1915, she married Siegfried Wagner, securing the Wagner legacy and taking charge of the Bayreuth festival after Cosima, the composer's widow. Winifred had four children with Siegfried, who was thirty years her senior and a confirmed bachelor before their marriage. Her connection to Adolf Hitler began in 1923, when he visited Wagner's grave in Bayreuth, leading to a lifelong friendship between Winifred and the Führer. She became a founding member of the Nazi party, and during festival time, Bayreuth became a focal point of German political life. Winifred enjoyed a glamorous lifestyle and significant favor during the Nazi regime, but faced hardships during the war, including bombing and deprivation. After the war, she was tried for her support of Nazi war crimes. Despite these challenges, her loyalty to Hitler remained unwavering, earning her the title of "the last Nazi in Germany." Winifred continued to honor the memory of Hitler until her death in 1980.

Von Rudolf von Habsburg über Kaiserin Leopoldine von Brasilien, Marie Antoinette von Frankreich bis Kaiser Franz Joseph - das vollständige Lexikon des berühmten europäischen Herrschergeschlechts in 400 Lebensbildern ist gleichzeitig ein historisches Lesebuch zu 600 Jahren europäischer und Weltgeschichte.

Brigitte Hamann schildert die beeindruckende Lebensgeschichte des Linzer Arztes Eduard Bloch und seiner Familie, der als Hausarzt der Familie Hitler unter besonderem Schutz des "Führers" stand.