Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-591) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the shadow of the empress

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1230230160

Responsibility statement

Nancy Goldstone

Sub title

the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, and her daughters

Summary

Chronicles the sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of FranceEmpress 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 Napes and Sicily, and wrapped in desire, adventure, ambition, treachery, sorrow, and glory. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

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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