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Referenced when discussing how people dream of Franz Joseph and how he haunts their sleep, comparing him to Queen Elizabeth II. Later referenced again regarding General Conrad's repeated calls for preventive wars.

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Referenced as a novel containing a famous description of Franz Joseph as 'coffered up in an icy and everlasting old age, like armor of an awe-inspiring crystal.'

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Referenced when discussing the Baedeker guide to the Empire of 1905, which noted that in some areas people drove on the right and some on the left. The hosts mention they've been citing this book a lot throughout their series.

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Referenced when quoting Crankshaw's assessment that 'there was more to Franz Ferdinand than his hunting in his rose gardens' and that he was 'a bitterly frustrated man, heir to a great empire.'