The Habsburg curse

Can a 900-year-old curse affect not only the life and fortune of the person against whom it is directed, but also his descendants, his country and - in essence - the pattern of today's world? According to Hans Holzer, it not only can but has, numbering among its victims such well-known figures as Mrie Antoinette, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, the tragic Crownprince Rudolph of Mayerling fame and the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand whose assassination precipitated World War I. In this fascinating book, professor Holzer has once again utilized his para-psychological and historical training to research and document the so-called "Habsburg Curse". Tracing it back to its origin in the 11th century, he examines the many branches of the Habsburg dynasty; explores, with the aid of well-known sensitives, the castles and battlegrounds where ill-fated dramas were enacted; and pursues the malediction down through successive generations to its apparent demise in the 20th century. Murder, suicide, mysterious disappearances and madness - all were manifestations of what Professor Holzer demonstrates to be the results of a magnetic, evil force: the original Habsburg Curse.