The Radetzky March

Joseph Roth's The Radetzky March is an elegiac chronicle of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's decline, traced through three generations of the Trotta family. From the grandfather's accidental heroism at Solferino to the grandson's moral and military drift on the empire's eastern margins, Roth transforms private fate into imperial allegory. His prose combines lucid realism, ceremonial rhythm, and devas...