The Emperor's Tomb () is a 1938 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. The Overlook Press published an English translation by John Hoare in 1984. The title refers to the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. The novel was adapted into the 1971 film Trotta directed by Johannes Schaaf. New Directions Publishing Corporation published a new translation by Michael Hofmann in 2013.Pudles, Daniel. "Darkness before dawn", The Economist, 2 February 2013. Retrieved on 4 August 2025.
New German edition, based on the first print: Joseph Roth, Die Kapuzinergruft, ed. by Werner Bellmann, Reclam, Stuttgart 2013. [with detailed commentary and epilog]
See also 1938 in literature Austrian literature
References
External links The Emperor's Tomb at Projekt Gutenberg-DE