Knyzhka opovidaye pro zhyttya ta diyal′nist′ Vil′hel′ma Habsburha-Lotrinhena, predstavnyka odniyeyi z nayslavetnishych monarchichnych dynastiy YEvropy. V. Habsburh, yakoho ukrayins′ki viys′kovi nazvaly Vasylem Vyshyvanym, tisno pov’yazav svoyu dolyu z ukrayins′kym vyzvol′nym ruchom, za scho zaplatyv vlasnym zhyttyam, yake trahichno obirvalosya v tyuremniy likarni Luk’yanivs′koyi v’yaznytsi mista Kyyeva. Dokumental′ni materialy slidchoyi spravy V. Habsburha, yoho memuary, poeziya ta zrazok prozy dayut′ zmohu krasche zrozumity tsyu yaskravu postat′ ukrayins′koho natsional′noho vidrodzhennya pershoyi polovyny CHCH stolittya. Lystuvannya V. Habsburha z K. Huzhkovs′kym, M. Vasyl′kom, V. Lypyns′kym, YE. CHykalenkom, mytropolytom A. SHeptyts′kym ta inshymy ukrayins′kymy hromads′ko-politychnymy diyachamy prolyvaye svitlo na malovidomi storinky suspil′no-politychnoho zhyttya v Ukrayini doby Pershoyi svitovoyi viyny ta ukrayins′kych natsional′no-vyzvol′nych zmahan′ 1914–1921 rr. U knyzi vmischeno bahatyy ilyustratyvnyy material. Vydannya rozrachovane na shyrokyy zahal chytachiv: vsich, chto tsikavyt′sya istoriyeyu Ukrayiny. U dodatkach opublikovani materialy y fotohrafiyi, scho zberihayut′sya v Ukrayins′kiy vil′niy akademiyi nauk u SSHA, Schidnoyeropeys′komu doslidnomu instytuti im. V.K. Lypyns′koho (SSHA), TSentral′nomu derzhavnomu archivi vyschych orhaniv vlady ta upravlinnya Ukrayiny, TSentral′nomu derzhavnomu archivi hromads′kych ob’yednan′ Ukrayiny ta pryvatniy kolektsiyi M. Pyzyura.