The House of Wittgenstein : a family at war
/ Alexander Waugh
- New York : Doubleday , 2009.
- x, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in the U.K. by Bloomsbury Publishing ... 2008"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
The Wittgenstein family of Vienna was a gifted yet star-crossed clan. Heirs to a vast steel fortune, the children faced parental opposition to their musical and literary ambitions. Waugh tells this saga of baroque family unhappiness and perseverance against incredible odds.
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Wittgenstein family
Intellectuals----Biography Rich people----Biography Eccentrics and eccentricities----Biography
Vienna (Austria)----19th century Vienna (Austria)----20th century