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100 1 _aWaugh, Alexander
245 1 4 _aThe House of Wittgenstein
_b: a family at war
_c/ Alexander Waugh
260 _aNew York
_b: Doubleday
_c, 2009.
300 _ax, 333 p.
_b: ill.
_c; 24 cm.
500 _a"Originally published in the U.K. by Bloomsbury Publishing ... 2008"--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
520 _aThe 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.
600 3 0 _aWittgenstein family
650 4 _aIntellectuals
_x--Biography
650 4 _aRich people
_v--Biography
650 4 _aEccentrics and eccentricities
_x--Biography
651 4 _aVienna (Austria)
_y--19th century
651 4 _aVienna (Austria)
_y--20th century
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