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Martyn Rady: The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [2017] paperback TWRIT pointed satire of Victorian EnglandThe Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South East Asia to what is now Ukraine, the Habsburg Empire was truly global. In this