ViennaRichard Cockett
Vienna
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…The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine (my luckiest find of the year) Stalin: The Court of The Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore - https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/13ebec0d-0859-4858-864a... Vienna by Richard Cockett - https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/c0e1d1fb-dea7-456b-a95e... The House That Madigan Built by Ray Long (an interesting history of a legendary figure in Illinois state politics)…
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗if you are in Vienna on Nov 21st, there is a (free) presentation of the book at the city hall: https://vorlesungen.wien.gv.at/richard-cockett-2111/
on “Review of Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World” ↗