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Title	Author	# of Pages
Maria Theresa	Edward Crankshaw	366

Contents

Part One: A Sea of Troubles
    1. The Inheritance    (p. 3)
    2. Heiress Apparent    (p. 15)
    3. The Clouds Gather Round    (p. 29)
    4. Rape of Silesia    (p. 49)
    5. The Queen Commands    (p. 61)
    6. The War of the Succession    (p. 83)
Personal Interlude
    7. The Queen's Conscience    (p. 103)
Part Two: Reflections of the Age
    8. Imperial Splendor    (p. 121)
    9. The Court at Vienna    (p. 141)
    10. Glimpses of the Other Half    (p. 157)
    11. Music and the Individual Voice    (p. 169)
Part Three: The Reins of Government
    12. Unification and Reform    (p. 187)
    13. Prince Kaunitz    (p. 205)
    14. The Loss of Innocence    (p. 221)
    15. The Seven Years War    (p. 231)
Part Four: The Queen Mother
    16. The King of the Romans    (p. 249)
    17. The Great Change    (p. 265)
    18. The Betrayal of an Idea    (p. 277)
    19. Reaction and Enlightenment    (p. 295)
    20. The Burden of the Years    (p. 321)

Sources and Select Bibliography    (p. 339)
Index    (p. 345)