In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, and her daughters
Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon2022
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Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria Carolina, the resolute queen of Naples; and the youngest, Marie Antoinette, the glamorous, tragic queen of France, perhaps the most famous princess in history. Unfolding against an irresistible backdrop of brilliant courts from Vienna to Versailles, embracing the exotic lure of Naples and Sicily, this epic history of Maria Theresa and her daughters is a tour de force of desire, adventure, ambition, treachery, sorrow, and glory.
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Author:
Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
640 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781474609906 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780Maria Christine, consort of Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, 1742-1798Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793Habsburg, House ofAustria -- Kings and rulers -- Children -- BiographyEmpresses -- Europe -- BiographyQueens -- Europe -- BiographyBiography
BRN:
2538723
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