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First Line Friday is a weekly feature and simple to do - grab the book nearest you and post the first line. Carrie hosts this over on her blog Reading is my Superpower.
The Hofburg was the winter palace of the Habsburgs and is now Vienna's main tourist attraction.
Happy Reading!
Sarah
"In other wars more people have died, more nations been involved and the world brought closer to annihilation, but somehow the First World War retains a dread aura all of its own."
ReplyDeleteThe Trigger - The Hunt for Gavrilo Princip: The Assassin who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher.
"Though he often concealed his true feelings from polite society, President John Quincy Adams kept detailed diaries throughout his life."
ReplyDeleteAmerican Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile That Saved American Independence