The Road to Mayerling

THE mysterious circumstances of the death of the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolph on January 30th, 1889, at the hunting-lodge of Mayerling have never ceased to provoke speculation. Book, film and stage, and lately television, have dealt with his untimely end, but while concentrating attention on the manner and possible reason for his death, not sufficient consideration has been devoted to his life. Rudolph’s death can only be satisfactorily explained if the whole of his life, and not only its last