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Antoinette's sister / Diana Giovinazzo.

Giovinazzo, Diana, (author.).

Summary:
"Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte-ninth daughter and sixteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-knows her position as a Hapsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home, her family, and her beloved country. But not yet. The Hapsburg family is celebrating a great triumph: Charlotte's older sister, Josepha, has been promised to King Ferdinand IV of Naples, and will soon take her place as queen. Before Josepha can journey to her new home, however, tragedy strikes: after visiting the family crypt, Josepha contracts smallpox and dies. Shocked, Charlotte is forced to face an unthinkable new reality: she must now marry Ferdinand in her sister's stead. Bereft and alone, Charlotte finds that her new life in Naples is more complicated than she could ever have imagined. Ferdinand is weak and feckless, and a disastrous wedding night plunges her into despair. Her husband's regent, Tenucci, is a controlling and power-hungry man who has pushed the country to the brink of ruin. Overwhelmed, she asks her brother Leopold, now the Holy Roman Emperor, to send help-which he does in the form of John Acton, a handsome military man twenty years Charlotte's senior who is tasked to take over the Navy. Now, Charlotte must gather the strength to do what her mother did before her: take control of a country. In a time of political uprisings, royal executions, and the increasingly desperate crisis her favorite sister, Queen Marie Antoinette, is facing in France, how is a young monarch to keep hold of everything-and everyone-she loves? Find out in this sweeping, luxurious tale of family, court intrigue, and power"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538720127
  • ISBN: 1538720124
  • Physical Description: xi, 386 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Maria Carolina, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814 > Fiction.
Naples (Kingdom) > History > 1735-1816 > Fiction.
Royal houses > Italy > Naples (Kingdom) > Fiction.
Kings and rulers > Fiction.
Statesmen > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Arranged marriage > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Altoona Area Public Library F GIO (Text) 33240004942689 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library GIO (Text) 33249025319561 Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library F GIO (Text) 30298100594369 Fiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults GIO Fiction (Text) 34262000771341 Main Room Available -
North Wales Area Library F Giovinazzo (Text) 35410000809293 NWAL Fiction Available -
Wernersville Public Library GIO (Text) 33249023992567 Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library GIOVINAZZO, DIANA (Text) 34455006858654 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009544942 Adult Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC GIO (Text) 32596000505908 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library GIOVINAZZO (Text) 31901004571362 Adult Fiction Available -


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