Download or read book The Habsburgs written by Martyn Rady and published by Allen Lane. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of a dynasty that shaped Europe and the world. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe stretching from Hungary to Spain, and from the Far East to the New World. The family continued to dominate Central Europe until the catastrophe of the First World War