Noob Question: What books should I be reading to get the flavor for this period?

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BAMman100

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Anyone know any good books for this time period that are NOT text books or straight history books? They can be such dull reading and only cover grand events, so to speak. I know I can grab Dickens or Twain for a good look at US and UK during this period but what about the rest of the world?

John Biggins has written a series of historical novels set in Austria-Hungary.