Joseph II. and His Court L. Muhlbach Joseph II. and His Court Table of Contents Joseph II. and His Court..........................................................................................................................................1 L. Muhlbach...................................................................................................................................................1 MARIA THERESA....................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER I. THE CONFERENCE..............................................................................................................5 CHAPTER II. THE LETTER......................................................................................................................11 CHAPTER III. THE TOILET OF THE EMPRESS....................................................................................16 CHAPTER IV. HUSBAND AND WIFE....................................................................................................18 CHAPTER V. THE ARCHDUKE JOSEPH...............................................................................................25 CHAPTER VI. KAUNITZ..........................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER VII. THE TOILET....................................................................................................................30 CHAPTER VIII. THE RED STOCKINGS.................................................................................................33 CHAPTER IX. NEW AUSTRIA.................................................................................................................35 ISABELLA...............................................................................................................................................................38 CHAPTER X. THE YOUNG SOLDIER....................................................................................................38 CHAPTER XI. THE EMPRESS AND HER SON......................................................................................43 CHAPTER XII. AN ITALIAN NIGHT......................................................................................................48 CHAPTER XIII. ISABELLA OF PARMA.................................................................................................51 CHAPTER XIV. THE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY.................................................................54 CHAPTER XV. THE DREAM OF LOVE..................................................................................................59 CHAPTER XVI. GLUCK............................................................................................................................64 CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW OPERA........................................................................................................67 CHAPTER XVIII. RANIER VON CALZABIGI........................................................................................69 CHAPTER XIX. THE BIRTHDAY............................................................................................................71 CHAPTER XX. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE..........................................................................................75 CHAPTER XXI. "IN THREE YEARS, WE MEET AGAIN."...................................................................80 CHAPTER XXII. CHE FARO SENZA EURYDICE.................................................................................84 KING OF ROME......................................................................................................................................................89 CHAPTER XXIII. FATHER PORHAMMER AND COUNT KAUNITZ.................................................89 CHAPTER XXIV. MATRIMONIAL PLANS............................................................................................92 CHAPTER XXV. JOSEPHA OF BAVARIA.............................................................................................99 CHAPTER XXVI. THE MARRIAGE NIGHT.........................................................................................103 CHAPTER XXVII. AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE...................................................................................108 CHAPTER XXVIII. A STATESMAN'S HOURS OF DALLIANCE......................................................112 CHAPTER XXIX. PRINCE KAUNITZ AND RITTER GLUCK............................................................117 CHAPTER XXX. AN UNFORTUNATE MEETING..............................................................................120 CHAPTER XXXI. MOURNING..............................................................................................................124 CHAPTER XXXII. THE IMPERIAL ABBESS.......................................................................................127 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CO−REGENT.................................................................................................130 CHAPTER XXXIV. HAROUN AL RASCHID........................................................................................135 CHAPTER XXXV. THE DISGUISE REMOVED...................................................................................138 CHAPTER XXXVI. ROSARY AND SCEPTRE......................................................................................140 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ABBESS AND AN EMPRESS.................142 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REIGNING EMPRESS................................................................................145 CHAPTER XXXIX. THE CO−REGENT DEPOSED..............................................................................150 CHAPTER XL. MOTHER AND SON......................................................................................................153 CHAPTER XLI. DEATH THE LIBERATOR..........................................................................................157 CHAPTER XLII. THE MIRROR..............................................................................................................161 CHAPTER XLIII. THE INTERVIEW WITH KAUNITZ........................................................................165 i Joseph II. and His Court Table of Contents Joseph II. and His Court CHAPTER XLIV. THE ARCHDUCHESS JOSEPHA.............................................................................170 CHAPTER XLV. THE DEPARTURE......................................................................................................173 CHAPTER XLVI. INOCULATION.........................................................................................................175 CHAPTER XLVII. AN ADVENTURE....................................................................................................182 CHAPTER XLVIII. THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.........................................................................186 CHAPTER XLIX. TWO AFFIANCED QUEENS....................................................................................191 EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.....................................................................................................................................195 CHAPTER L. THE DINNER AT THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S.....................................................195 CHAPTER LI. MARIANNE'S DISAPPEARANCE.................................................................................200 CHAPTER LII. COUNT FALKENSTEIN...............................................................................................203 CHAPTER LIII. WHAT THEY FOUND AT WICHERN........................................................................206 CHAPTER LIV. THE SOMNAMBULIST...............................................................................................211 CHAPTER LV. THE PROPHECY...........................................................................................................215 CHAPTER LVI. THE GIFT......................................................................................................................220 CHAPTER LVII. THE CONFERENCE...................................................................................................223 CHAPTER LVIII. KAUNITZ...................................................................................................................225 CHAPTER LIX. SOUVENIR D'EPERIES...............................................................................................227 CHAPTER LX. FREDERICK THE GREAT............................................................................................231 CHAPTER LXI. THE PRIMA DONNA...................................................................................................233 CHAPTER LXII. FREDERICK THE GREAT AND PRINCE KAUNITZ.............................................237 CHAPTER LXIII. RUSSIA A FOE TO ALL EUROPE...........................................................................240 CHAPTER LXIV. THE MAP OF POLAND............................................................................................243 CHAPTER LXV. THE COUNTESS WIELOPOLSKA...........................................................................247 CHAPTER LXVI. THE EMPEROR AND THE COUNTESS.................................................................249 CHAPTER LXVII. MARIA THERESA...................................................................................................253 CHAPTER LXVIII. MARIE ANTOINETTE AND COURT ETIQUETTE............................................254