My Falkensteinian Bibliography.
Biographies
The Eagles Die, Franz Joseph, Elisabeth & their Austria. Marek, George R. Hart-Davies, MacGibbon Ltd, London 1975. A chatty biography of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial family. Good introduction on life in Vienna in the 19th century.
Franz Joseph. Bled, Jean-Paul. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1994.
Solid biography with some good information of the Imperial Court and a chronology of Franz Joseph's life.
Lines of Succession. Louda, Jiri & Maclagan, Michael. Little. Brown & Company, London, 1999.
A good book on the heraldry & geneaology of the Royal Houses of Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present day. I found this most useful in tracking down the rightful rulers of several of the Rhineland Principalities.
Cooking
Last Dinner of the Titanic. Archbold, Rick and McCauley, Dana. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1997.
A little late historically but good recipes and information on luxury liner travel.
Mrs Bridges' Upstairs Downstairs Cookery Book. Ed. Bailey, Adrian. Sphere Books, London, 1975.
The Shorter Mrs Beeton. Cope, Ann. Ward Lock, London, 1987.
Excellent book with recipes, hints of dining table layout and suitable menus.
Traditional Country House Cooking. Ed,. Wilson, C. Anne. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1993
Encylopedia of European Cooking. Ed. Soper, Musia. Spring Books, London, 1962.
Costume
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century. Cunnington, C. Willet. Dover Publications, New York, 1990.
Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898. Ed. Blum, Stella. Dover Publications, New York, 1974.
Seaside Fashions 1860-1939. Lansdell, Avril. Shire Publications, Princes Risborough, 1990.
Etiquette
Etiquette, Rules & Usages of the Best Society. (no author listed) Bookmart Ltd, Leicester 1995
A re-print of an 1886 book covering all aspects of etiquette, toilet recipes and the language of flowers.
History and Geography
The Habsburg Empire. Hubmann, Franz. Routledge & Keegan Paul, London, 1971.
A useful collection of original photographs from Austro-Hungarain Empire 1840- 1916.
The Fall of the House of Habsburg. Crankshaw, Edward. Sphere Books, London, 1970.
A history of Austria-Hungary from 1848 to 1914.
Christmas Past. Ashdown, Dulcie. M. Book Club Associates, 1977.
A compilation of British Victorian magazine articles on a Christmas theme.
Tales of the New Babylon, Paris 1869 - 1875. Christiansen, Rupert. Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1994.
Account of the end of Napoleon III's reign. Good map of central Paris in 1870 and excerpts from period tourist guides.
The Victorian Underworld. Chesney, Kellow. History Book Club, London 1970.
Excellent book on British criminality in Victoria's reign. Good glossary of thieves' cant.
The Lost World of the Great Spas. Wechsberg, Joseph. Harper & Row, New Yprk, 1979.
Information mainly on the Spas of Europe (but some others) and who visited them.
Military
The Austrian Army 1836 - 66 (1) Infantry. Pavlovic, Darko. Osprey Men-at-Arms Series No. 323, Oxford, 1999.
The Austrian Army 1836 - 66 (2) Cavalry. Pavlovic, Darko. Osprey Men-at-Arms Series No. 329, Oxford, 1999.
Most excellent books and essential reading for any campaign involving the Austro-Hungarian Army.
The Survival of the Habsburg Empire. Sked, Alan. Longman, London, 1979.
Germany's Army and Navy of the 19th Century. Sigel, Gustav. A. Bracken Books, London, 1989
A full colour re-print of a 1900 volume giving uniform information and unit titles and dispositions.
The French Army 1870 - 71 (1) Imperial Troops. Shann, Stephen & Delpeier, Louis. Osprey Men-at-Arms Series No. 233, London, 1991.
Technology
The Encyclopedia of Ships. Gen. Ed. Marshall, Chris. Blitz Editions, Leicester, 1996.
A general book on maritime vessels but a lot of examples from 1870s and 1880s.
Victorian Inventions. Leonard De Vries. John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1991
Lots of useful pictures of Victorian weird science.
A Victorian World of Science. Alan Sutton. Adam Hilger Ltd, Bristol, 1986
Another book like that above
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