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IN attempting to tell the story of the last days of my unfortunate chief and patron, the Archduke Rudolph of Habsburg, as with an excusable enough pride he was wont to speak of himself in familiar and convivial company, it may be proper to set forth my claim to have filled so important a position as that of intimate personal secretary to His Highness, as well as right to explain who I am and how I came to be associated with the heir to the Austrian throne.

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Excerpt from The Last Days of the Archduke Rudolph

I go into Chambers in Vienna during my Master's Absence - An Unexpected Visit from Koinoff - A Question of Finance - Koinoff's Nationality - His Career, Present and Past - I am willing to accommodate him - Koinoff as "Tommy atkins" - How he beat a Prussian Spy - Koinoff and his Honour - A Success at Cards; Kinsky arrives in Vienna - Occupies my Flat - We discuss the Crown Prince Frederick's Malady - Also the Future Kaiser, Wilhelm II - His Napolconomania - Professor Buckle's Ideas - Prince Henry of Prussia and a Danseuse - To Berlin for the Obsequies of the Emperor William I. - I meet Count Herbert - The Dismissal of Ministers considered - Napoleon's Mistakes - Fascination of all the Bismarcks - Herbert a Misanthrope - A Choice of Emperors - Hoping for the Best - I study some Enigmas - Meeting with Wolfram; San Remo's Crowd of Notables - Physicians and Surgeons - Sir Morell Mackenzie - Political Aspects of Frederick's Malady - His Consort's Intervention - What History will say of Frederick's Death - Bismarck's Russophilism - An Imperial Counsel - Bismarck's Press-Agency Work - Austrian and English Views - Foresight of Two Heirs Apparent - Real Greatness of King Edward - A Romanoff Grand Duke - Rudolph's Independence of Character - German Gutter-Press Stories - The Archduke's Title to Respect - His Versatility - An Essay and Some Correspondence.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.