The Gilded Cage (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Vienna in 1892 was a city of velvet curtains and hidden rot. The Ringstraße gleamed with the confidence of an empire that believed itself eternal, while in the coffee houses, the air was thick with the scent of roasted beans and the quiet desperation of a dying aristocracy. Maximilian was a product of this gilded decay. A minor nobleman with a title that carried more weight than his bank...
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