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Die beiden Bücher erzählen die Geschichte der Villa Rothschild, die 1894 in Königstein von der Frankfurter Bankiersfamilie erbaut wurde, und vom ehmaligen Offiziersheim Falkenstein, das heute das FALKENSTEIN GRAND Hotel ist.
Dazu Andreas Augustin, der Autor:
"Natürlich gibt es die Liste der berühmtesten Hotels der Welt, an die ich mich sklavisch halte, wenn es um die Erstellung eines neuen Buches über ein historisches Hotel geht. Aber es gibt Ausnahmen - und für diese habe ich mir meine kleine Taschenbuchserie…

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‘I had tea at Reid’s’ is your companion to Tea at Reid’s and to tea in general.
Andreas Augustin successfully dilutes any legitimate concerns about an institution that raises questions like if tea or milk comes first, scones with cream under or on top of jam, little finger up, down or away? In view of these pressing issues he presents an enlightening book on a subject so important that it became an affair of…

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Heinrich Ferstel built it, the world visits it. The Café Central at the Palais Ferstel is one of the most famous coffee houses of the world. Read about Sultan Suleiman, who’s Turkish army left tons of coffee in Vienna. Meet the famous characters like Peter Altenberg, Kraus, Schiele, Klimt, Salten and Freud. Very recently Queen Sirikit of Thailand gave a luncheon here. Visit the imperial Vienna of Emperor Franz Joseph and the modern Vienna of artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Many stories go with all these fabled…

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During the 1880s, an oriental palace rose in stone and mortar from the desert, decorated by the most lavish interior design ever seen. The Mena House, born as a luxurious hotel on grounds famous for hospitality since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, became the jewel in the crown of the greatest legends of the Orient. This book tells its story and delves into the fascinating past of Egypt.
Learn about the Pyramids & Hieroglyphics, the building of the Suez Canal, the true story of Aida,…

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