Les conflits d'une mère

Synopsis of Les conflits d'une mère

«Les conflits d'une mère: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche et ses enfants» is the biographical essay by Élisabeth Badinter, published by Flammarion in paperback.

Drawing on unpublished archival sources, Élisabeth Badinter examines Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780), sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire, through her maternal side. The work portrays a devoted and affectionate mother, capable of harshness and injustice, torn between love for her sixteen children and the demands of reason of state.

Published in 2020, the French edition has 266 pages and includes bibliographic references and an index.

For readers of historical biography interested in the role of mothers and empresses in the Holy Roman Empire during the eighteenth century.