![]() ![]() It cuts this branch of the Trotta family from their roots. This distances Trotta from his family and his origins and pushes him to a social class where he feels he never belongs. Franz-Joseph ennobles Trotta who becomes Baron von Trotta and Sipolje, the small village he comes from. Lieutenant Trotta sees it coming, throws the emperors to the ground and saves his life. The Austrian emperor Franz-Joseph I is on the battlefield and he’s about to do something stupid that could get him killed by a French sniper. ![]() France was ruled by Napoléon III at the time and it’s a victory for the French. The book opens at the battle of Solferino where the Austrians fight against the French in 1859. Roth was Austrian and I think that Embers by Sándor Márai is the Hungarian counterpart of Roth’s Radetsky March. (My billet about Hotel Savoy is here.) It was published in 1932 and it’s famous for describing the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The Radestky March is the second book by Joseph Roth that I’ve read. Translated by Blanche Gidon and reviewed by Alain Huriot. The Radetsky March by Joseph Roth (1932) French title: La marche de Radestky. ![]()
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