← Frederic MortonThunder at Twilightby Frederic MortonHistory of imperial Vienna in the final years before World War OneFind on Amazon↗About the authorFrederic MortonFrederic Morton was an Austrian-born American writer whose The Rothschilds and A Nervous Splendor blended historical narrative with novelistic technique. His memoir Thunder at Twilight about 1913 Vienna is his most celebrated work.More by Frederic MortonThe Hound→The RothschildsHistorical biography of the European Rothschild banking family→A Nervous SplendorHistorical account of Vienna's cultural golden age in the 1880s→Crosstown Sabbath→