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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 by Frederic Morton Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1980 ISBN-10: 0-14-005667-X / 014005667X ISBN-13: 978-0-14-005667-9 / 9780140056679 On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed hight of the Viennese Carnival, the handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and then himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still. Frederic Morton, author of the bestsell |