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Books set in Vienna or about Vienna

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JeromeKJerome · 12/08/2024 20:30

I've just booked a trip to Vienna for October half term and would read some books set in or about Vienna in preparation.

Looking for either historical fiction or non fiction.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

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Turophilic · 12/08/2024 20:46

Eva Ibbotson is your woman - Madensky Square as a light romance, A Glove Shop In Vienna as short stories, The Morning Gift starts there and traces Ibbotson's own escape from the Nazis to London. Star Of Kazan is a great children's adventure novel.

A friend recommended The Only Woman In The Room about Hedy Lamar, who started her career in Vienna, but I haven't read it myself.

Persepolis (books one and two) by Marjan Satrapi are really good graphic novels - a memoir of her life escaping Iran and her time in Vienna. It's more Iran than Austria, but it's an exceptional book and I think just about qualifies.

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