But after Austria and Germany lost World War I, the Austria-Hungarian Empire was dismantled, Charles I had to abdicate and Austria went on to become a republic.

Joseph Roth’s ‘The Radetzky March’ traces the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the fate and changed character of the Von Trotta clan over three generations.

Austria-Hungary: The Empire of the Living Dead "My strongest experience was the War and the destruction of my fatherland, the only one I ever had, the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary." ...

The fall of Austria is an event quite different in character: one of the oldest, the proudest, the most powerful states in Europe has been dissolved and shattered into fragments, and exists no more.

The Emperor recognized the necessity of the autonomy of Hungary so far as it does not affect the unity of the Empire and the position of Austria as a great European Power.

The Emperor will spontaneously restore the Hungarian Constitution on the 20th of October, under the conditions necessary to the development of the whole Empire.

Hungary even designated this as its national dish after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

In Prague, leaders of the culinary scene are embracing the multicultural history of the Austro-Hungarian empire — with delicious results.

Roth traces the fate of three generations of the Trotta family and their service to the Habsburg Empire and the Austrian Emperor Franz-Josef.