Episode 3

S1 E3: Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore follows the Habsburgs to their dramatic demise. While Vienna’s ruling family headed for extinction, the city blossomed. As the theories of Freud and the sensuality of artists such as Klimt and Schiele ushered in the modern age, Hitler and Stalin stalked the streets. It was here that World War I was sparked and where World War II was dreamed up.