Jean de Cars is a famous French popularizer of history. Among his bestsellers are monographs on the great royal dynasties and the famous capitals of Europe. Jean de Cars fell in love with Vienna in 1967, when he first visited here. Since then, he had to visit the city of incomparable cakes, waltz and psychoanalysis more than once. Gradually, from the discoveries and impressions, a book was born. Jean de Cars with genuine delight describes the city that survived two Turkish sieges, two wars, occupation, social upheavals, but even in hours of sorrow retained its charm and vitality. The book reads like a diary of observations of the historical and modern life of the Austrian capital, full of brilliant sketches of the main Vienna and its underside, as well as portraits of prominent personalities: the Strauss dynasty, Empress Sissi, Napoleon, Klimt and others.