From the palaces of the Habsburg Empire to the torture chambers of Stalin's Soviet Union, the extraordinary story of a life suspended between the collapse of the imperial order and the violent emergence of modern Europe. Wilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He could handle a saber, a pistol, a rudder, or a golf club; he handled women by necessity and men for pleasure. He spoke the Italian of his archduchess mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends, the Polish of the country his father wished to rule, and the Ukrainian of the land Wilhelm wished to rule himself. In this exhilarating narrative history, prize-winning historian Timothy D. Snyder offers an indelible portrait of an aristocrat whose life personifies the wrenching upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century, as the rule of empire gave way to the new politics of nationalism. Coming of age during the First World War, Wilhelm repudiated his family to fight alongside Ukrainian peasants in hopes that he would become their king. When this dream collapsed he became, by turns, an ally of German imperialists, a notorious French lover, an angry Austrian monarchist, a calm opponent of Hitler, and a British spy against Stalin. Played out in Europe's glittering capitals and bloody battlefields, in extravagant ski resorts and dank prison cells, The Red Prince captures an extraordinary moment in the history of Europe, in which the old order of the past was giving way to an undefined future--and in which everything, including identity itself, seemed up for grabs

【作者簡介】

蒂莫西·斯奈德（Timothy Snyder，1969—）當今美國傑齣的曆史學傢之一，現為耶魯大學曆史係教授、維也納人文科學學院終身研究員，主要研究方嚮為現代東歐史。是美國曆史學會頒發的喬治·路易·比爾奬獲得者，獲奬著作為《民族的重建：波蘭、烏剋蘭、立陶宛、白俄羅斯：1569-1999》（ The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999）；還因為《一幅秘密戰爭的素描：一位解放蘇維埃烏剋蘭的波蘭藝術傢》（Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist’s Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine）而獲得專業曆史著作奬；《紅色王子》（The Red Prince）被美國烏剋蘭研究學會選定為烏剋蘭曆史研究領域最佳圖書。另有《黑暗世界：作為曆史和警示的大屠殺》（Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning）等。他的最新著作為《血色大地：希特勒與斯大林之間的歐洲》（Bloodlands：Europe Between Hitler and Stalin）。此外，以對話的方式，斯奈德幫助他的朋友、著名曆史學傢托尼·硃特在彌留之際完成瞭最後一本書《思慮20世紀》。其著作獲得瞭包括艾默生人文奬、漢娜·阿倫特奬等在內的12項大奬。此外，他還是《現代歐洲曆史期刊》和《東歐政治和社會》的編委之一，其文章常常見諸《紐約書評》《外交事務》《新共和》《紐約時報》《華爾街日報》等媒體。

斯奈德教授如今居住在康涅狄格州紐黑文市。

【譯者簡介】

黎英亮，華南師範大學曆史文化學院講師，曆史學博士，研究方嚮為歐洲史，著有《何謂民族？》，譯有《野蠻大陸》《天生幸存者》等。

馮茵，華南師範大學外國語言文化學院講師，語言學在讀博士。