"An excellent, comprehensive study of six fascinating women and
the troubled times that shaped their lives."--"Publishers
Weekly"
Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's
Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the
devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their
equally extraordinary daughters.
Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and
Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose
legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters--Catherine of
Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and
Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany--are equally legendary for
the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by
their triumphant mothers.
Because of his doomed marriage to Queen Catherine, Henry VIII
broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, triggering the English
Reformation. To many, responsibility for the French Revolution and
the Reign of Terror fell squarely upon Marie Antoinette. And
Empress Frederick proved insufficient in getting Germany to rise to
political maturity: under her son's reign, the country plunged into
the beginnings of world war. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to
bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters
in a single narrative.
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