The Radetzky March

Roth’s masterpiece: an epic, moving account of the final days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, told through the fortunes of one family.

‘One of the greatest novels ever written’ – Philippe Sands

Set during the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family, tracing their rise and fall over three generations. Theirs is a sweeping history of heroism and duty, desire and compromise, tragedy and heartbreak, a story that lasts until the darkening eve of WWI, when all is set to fall apart.

A rich and luminous masterpiece, moving, compassionate, witty and dramatic, The Radetzky March is one of the great reading pleasures of 20th-century literature.