The Two-Headed Eagle: In Which Otto Prohaska Takes a Break as the Habsburg Empire's Leading U-boat Ace and Does Something Even More Thanklessly Dangerous

John Biggins

Jan 2006 · McBooks Press

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It is the summer of 1916 and, as luck would have it, Otto is assigned to the nascent, unreliable, and utterly frightening Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Flying Service. Ottto's aerial chauffeur is the self-willed Sergeant-Pilot Toth, with whom he can only communicate in broken Latin--although when all else fails, screaming will suffice! On the ground the rickety Habsburg Empire begins to crumble before the onslaught of WWI, while in the air Otto confronts a series of misadventures and the winds of change.

Ratings and reviews

Once again a very engaging and well researched tale about a little-known subject and a faroff time. Christopher Biggins can craft an entertaining and sensitive tale from what in other authors hands would be just a war story. And in its way it's a tribute to otherwise forgotten people in an unknown war.