As the perceptive reader may guess, the anticipated departure from the Hofburg is about to alter Archduchess Marianne’s daily routine. The change of residence in itself was nothing exceptional in noble circles — least of all at the Imperial court, which regularly alternated between the palaces of the Hofburg and Schönbrunn. The latter became comparable […]
Until now, as the narrative has unfolded, little has been said about Archduchess Marianne’s strained relationships with her mother, Empress Maria Theresa, and with some of her siblings — aside from the occasional hint here and there. In this chapter, the reader finally begins to glimpse these tensions more clearly. Before anything else, however, the […]
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