Maria Theresa: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Maria Theresa, credited to James Franck Bright, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Maria Theresa by James Franck Bright. Read in English by Pamela Nagami 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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Maria Theresa
• Author credits: James Franck Bright
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 7:11:42

Catalogue topics

• Maria Theresa
• hapsburg empire
• frederick the great
• war of austrian succession
• seven years' war
• prince of kaunitz

Track guide

1. 00 - Prefatory Note — 2:31
2. 01 - Ch. 1, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743 — 21:29
3. 02 - Ch. 1, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743 — 26:09
4. 03 - Ch. 2, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745 — 19:38
5. 04 - Ch. 2, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745 — 23:12
6. 05 - Ch. 3: The War of Austrian Succession, 1745-1748 — 31:54
7. 06 - Ch. 4: Maria Theresa's Early Reforms, 1748-1757 — 39:51
8. 07 - Ch. 5, Pt. 1: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755 — 20:34
9. 08 - Ch. 5, Pt. 2: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755 — 37:56
10. 09 - Ch. 6: Change of the System of Alliances, 1756-1757 — 37:18
11. 10 - Ch. 7, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760 — 29:35
12. 11 - Ch. 7, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760 — 28:59
13. 12 - Ch. 8, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763 — 21:32
14. 13 - Ch. 8, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763 — 23:05
15. 14 - Ch. 9: Domestic Affairs, 1758-1765 — 33:03
16. 15 - Ch. 10: Domestic Affairs, 1765-1770 — 34:55

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