In Maria Theresa’s Vienna, the young Archduke Joseph chafes under his mother’s authority and dreams of reforming the empire. Luise Mühlbach follows his tragic first marriage to Isabella of Parma, the statecraft of Kaunitz, the premiere of Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice and Joseph’s own years as emperor, crowding the court with real historical figures.
A vast historical panorama by the most popular German historical novelist of her day. Download the free EPUB.