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In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette and her daughters
- Title
- In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette and her daughters / Nancy Goldstone.
- Author
- Goldstone, Nancy, 1957-
- Publication
- London : Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2021.
- ©2021
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 22-99 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 616 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
- 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.
- 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 Napes and Sicily, and wrapped in desire, adventure, ambition, treachery, sorrow, and glory. -- adapted from jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Maria Theresa -- 1. An Imperial Decree -- 2. Archduchess of Austria -- 3. Queen of Hungary -- 4. Queen of Bohemia -- 5. Holy Roman Empress -- 6. Imperial Affairs -- 7. The Sisterhood of the Three Petticoats -- pt. II Three Imperial Princesses: Maria Christina, Maria Carolina, and Marie Antoinette -- 8. The Favorite -- 9. An Archduchess in Love -- 10. The Understudy -- 11. Queen of Naples -- 12. The Little One -- 13. Dauphine of France -- 14. An Imperial Divide -- 15. The Queen Takes Control -- 16. Queen of France -- 17. Diamonds and Debt -- pt. III In the Shadow of the Empress -- 18. Betrayal in Brussels -- 19. The Queen Takes a Stand -- 20. A Desperate Gamble -- 21. Terror and Tragedy -- 22. A Death in Vienna -- 23. The Lady, the Lord Admiral, and the Queen -- 24. The Corsican and the Queen.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-99
- ISBN
- 1474609899
- 9781474609890
- OCLC
- 1014139294
- Author
- Goldstone, Nancy, 1957- author.
- Title
- In the shadow of the empress : the defiant lives of Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette and her daughters / Nancy Goldstone.
- Publisher
- London : Weidenfield and Nicolson, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-99