It was a short and gloomy reign, in a botched war that left Europe's most successful multinational state, the 11-nation monarchy run from Vienna and Budapest, beyond saving.

那是一个短暂而阴暗的朝代，在那场你争我夺的战争里，欧洲最强盛的多民族政府，从Vienna到Budapest，横跨11个民族的君主制国家未能幸免于难。