The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke by Timothy Snyder non-media “Ruth Wisse’s intellectual autobiography is

“Ruth Wisse’s intellectual autobiography is a lasting work of profound moral force and scathing political discernment

From Wolanow and Starachowice to Auschwitz and Ebensee

and incisiveness of epithet

the book is an account of a world in crisis (in Hebrew

author of 'Beyond the Sling

The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke by Timothy Snyder non-media “Ruth Wisse’s intellectual autobiography isWilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He could handle a saber, a pistol, a rudder, or a golf club; he handled women by necessity and men for pleasure. He spoke the Italian of his archduchess mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends,