Radetzky

American  

[rah-dets-kee] / rɑˈdɛts ki /

noun

1. Count Joseph 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.

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Radetzky British  

/ raˈdɛtski /

noun

1. Count Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal: served in the war against Sardinia (1848–9), winning brilliant victories at Custozza (1848) and Novara (1849): governor of Lombardy-Venetia in N Italy (1849-57)

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Radetzky

Joseph Roth’s “The Radetzky March,” for the second time.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020

I’m reading Joseph Roth’s “The Radetzky March,” which is full of mourning for the end of the Austro-Hungarian empire—the twilight period before the First World War, and then after.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 2, 2017

In The Radetzky March scene follows scene, all unforgettable, with a driven inevitability.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2013

Those planning to come to London for the Olympics should read Joseph Roth’s Radetzky March.

From Newsweek ● May 21, 2012

From 1834 to 1848 Hess was employed in Moravia, at Vienna, &c., but, on the outbreak of revolution and war in the latter year, was at once sent out to Radetzky as chief-of-staff.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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