| Description |
xxi, 616 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-591) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
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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Empresses -- Europe -- Biography.
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Queens -- Europe -- Biography.
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Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780316449335 |
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0316449334 |
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