Radetzky March

The Radetzky March tells the story of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the Battle of Solferino in 1859, a young Slovenian lieutenant saves the life of Emperor Franz Joseph I. This is how the story of the Trotta family begins, who say goodbye to the traditions of their peasant ancestors and join the privileged class of the great Danube monarchy. The end of the 19th century is the period in which the Habsburg dynasty shone for the last time in history: the emperor was powerful, the empire encompassing many peoples was great. However, behind this magnificent picture lies a chain of lies and the end is very near...

Joseph Roth, like Zweig, represents a civilization, a geographical and political identity whose star faded and disappeared forever as the 20th century entered. The Radetzky March, which he completed in 1932, is one of the masterpieces not only of its author but also of European literature. This story of the Trottas and the Habsburg monarchy, whose lines of destiny meet in the Radetzky March, is, above all, a sad farewell to old Europe and its values...

Every summer when he came on holiday, the grandson tried to have a quiet conversation with his grandfather, but the deceased would not tell him anything. The young boy could never learn what had happened in the past. It was as if the person in the painting was getting paler with each passing year, and the Hero of Solferino was keeping his memories to himself as he died more. Carl Joseph sometimes thought that maybe one day, from the black-framed painting, a blank canvas would look down on his descendants.


Thin Cover:

Number of Pages: 416

Year of Publication: 2013


e-Book:

Number of Pages: 279

Year of Publication: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publishing House: Can Yayınları

Number of Pages: 416

Year of First Publication: 2013

Language : Turkish