Irina’s Reviews > Maria Theresa of Austria > Status Update

“Ladies and Gentlemen, buckle up and sit tight because what follows next is a highly complex, multi-level chess game played by three kings – Frederick, Louis XV and George II of England; two empresses – Maria Theresa and Elisabeth of Russia; and a “wanna-be”-queen, “la Pompadour”. "

-- if that is not the best quote in a (history) book, maybe ever, then you need to stop lying to yourself. It is.