| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 616 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| 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. |
| 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 France. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-591) and index. |
| 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 |
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Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780.
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Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780 -- Family.
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Maria Christine, consort of Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, 1742-1798.
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Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814.
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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
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Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty.
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HISTORY / Women.
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HISTORY / Europe / France.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780316449335 hc. |
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0316449334 hc. |
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