Maria Theresa

By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of his daughter, Maria Theresa, but practically nothing to train her how to rule. Nevertheless, Maria Theresa managed by common sense, charm, and expert advice to negotiate a forty-year reign marked by secret diplomacy, shifting alliances, relentless warfare, and ruthless realpolitik. This short biography by the Oxford historian, James Franck Bright, describes her first thirty years on the throne. (7 hr 11 min)

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Prefatory Note	2:31	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743	21:29	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743	26:09	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745	19:38	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745	23:12	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: The War of Austrian Succession, 1745-1748	31:55	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: Maria Theresa's Early Reforms, 1748-1757	39:51	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Pt. 1: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755	20:34	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Pt. 2: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755	37:56	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: Change of the System of Alliances, 1756-1757	37:18	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760	29:35	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760	28:59	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763	21:32	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763	23:05	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: Domestic Affairs, 1758-1765	33:03	Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: Domestic Affairs, 1765-1770	34:55	Read by Pamela Nagami

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lots of text, little content. also not a very good writer.

(1.5 stars)

Maria Theresa

James Franck Bright

Read by Pamela Nagami

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lots of text, little content. also not a very good writer.

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