In the Shadow of the Empress

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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dabbe Lost books? š 7mo

AnnCrystal Books lost at seaš“Yikes! (edited) 7mo

Suet624 That would be heartbreaking. 7mo

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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

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Purpleness

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

#firstlinefridays

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tpixie

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

Starting a mini - immersion into Marie Antoinette, her two sisters, and her mother! Lol look at how the bee wing & the book on the left merge!

TheBookHippie I love it! 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie the bee wing was not intended, but i had to keep it. The hard part about this reading is I think I‘m going to need to read the physical books to keep all these royalties straight, ( instead of audio), so it will be slow reading. But I think enjoyable! š‘øš¸¼ š‘‘ š‘øš¸¼ 1y

TrishB Cool pic š‘¨š¸» 1y

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TheBookHippie @tpixie I use charts a lot with royalty!!! Ha! 1y

tpixie @TrishB thanks! 1y

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes!! Luckily there is included a Selected Geneolgy, but I may need a graphic. They are SO intertwined, though! 1y

DivineDiana This should be fun! š‘ø 1y

tpixie @DivineDiana yes! My nerdy love of research as I read will be fed!! 1y

DivineDiana And the bee wing is giving me ā€The Woman in Goldā€¯ vibes! At first, I thought it was part of the cover design. š… 1y

CoverToCoverGirl Lovely! 1y

tpixie @DivineDiana lol yes! @CoverToCoverGirl thanks!! š©· 1y

LeahBergen Cool! 1y

tpixie @LeahBergen hopefully I don‘t bite off more then I can chew! The first book I think will be the hardest with names and events, then I think it will be easier reading

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters

tpixie @kwmg40 these might go well with !

The Embroidered Book

kwmg40 @tpixie Thanks for the recommendations! 1y

tpixie @kwmg40 I‘m going to start the Embroidered Book soon! In the shadow of the empress is a very detailed book. I think the other 2 read more like novels. I started reading Empress and then realized I wanted to read them all at once and I had some other reading project so I had to finish first so I still have yet to read them (edited) 1y

kwmg40 Thanks! I‘ll definitely have to add some of these to my reading list. 1y

tpixie @kwmg40 š¤© 1y

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

#WomensHistoryMonth #Recommendations 17 of31 Nonfiction
I first read Nancy Goldstone last year and this is the exact author that has been needed for history! Her books read like drama but without taking away the facts and research. I had not heard of Maria Theresa of Habsburg before this book, she was Marie Antoinette 's mother and a powerhouse of 1700s Europe. This book has me gripped into her story.

CoverToCoverGirl The Hapsburg‘s are a fascinating family. 2y

rabbitprincess I loved her Daughters of the Winter Queen! 2y

ChaoticMissAdventures @CoverToCoverGirl they really are, so interesting to read about how the family spread throughout Europe! @rabbitprincess I have that one on my TBR bookcase, really need to get to it. I love her writing. 2y

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ChaoticMissAdventures

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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Prefacing my review with I am not a historian and do not know much about these women - the only 1I had heard of before this was M.A.**
I loved this. Goldstone's writing is fun, informative, & incredibly readable. This did not feel like a 600 pg book.
With so many people, intermarriages, wars, rises and falls, it was very easy to keep everything straight
I was so excited reading this book I ordered 2 more Goldstone books!

ChaoticMissAdventures There are a lot of reviews criticizing Goldstone's assertion of the parentage of 2 of Marie Antoinette's children. I do not know anything about this so I cannot judge. 3y

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

Members of the financial community call Necker's method "off-balance-sheet financing" or "massaging the numbers." Ordinary people call it "fraud."

I love Goldstone's writing, it is down to earth, humorous, and never dull.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

#weeklyforecast
I thought I was going to finish the tagged this weekend but wasn't able to find the time. I am really enjoying it, and think Goldstone is my new favorite historian!
I borrowed Code Breaker on audio so will bounce from reading to listening this week.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

I am honestly so impressed with how much information Goldstone has packed into this book in such a fun and readable way.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

"tax the nobles and the Church"

Radical thoughts in 1748 and not much has changed since.

If anyone is looking for a great nonfiction book that is highly readable this one is incredibly interesting and Goldstone's writing engaging.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone

The 16 (16!!!!) children of Maria Theresa and Francis of Lorraine.
Marie Antoinette is number 15.
The amount of death by smallpox, and the amount of infant mortality is heartbreaking. How grateful are we for science!! Birth control and vaccines have really made this world livable.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters | Nancy Goldstone