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In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, and her daughters Cover Image Book

In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, and her daughters / Nancy Goldstone.

Goldstone, Nancy, 1957- (author).

Summary:

Empress Maria Theresa was a sovereign of uncommon strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg Empire in her own name. Goldstone tells her sprawling saga of the Empress, and of three of her daughters, unfolding against a backdrop of brilliant courts from Vienna to Versailles, embracing the exotic lure of Naples and Sicily, and wrapped in desire, adventure, ambition, treachery, sorrow, and glory.-- adapted from jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316449334
  • ISBN: 9780316449335
  • Physical Description: xxi, 616 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-591) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Maria Theresa. An imperial decree ; Archduchess of Austria ; Queen of Hungary ; Queen of Bohemia ; Holy Roman Empress ; Imperial affairs ; The Sisterhood of the Three Petticoats -- Three Imperial princesses: Maria Christina, Maria Carolina, and Marie Antoinette. The favorite ; An archduchess in love ; The understudy ; Queen of Naples ; The little one ; Dauphine of France ; An imperial divide ; The Queen takes control ; Queen of France ; Diamonds and debt -- In the shadow of the Empress. Betrayal in Brussels ; The Queen takes a stand ; A desperate gamble ; Terror and tragedy ; A death in Vienna ; The lady, the Lord Admiral, and the Queen ; The Corsican and the Queen -- Epilogue.

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Genre: Biographies.

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