‘Des nouvelles de mon infortunée sœur’: Marie-Antoinette dans les lettres de l’archiduchesse Marie-Christine à l’empereur François by Seth, C

“…Not only were the Austrian Netherlands (of which the duke and duchess of Saxony-Teschen were governers) at boiling point, war had also been declared between Marie-Antoinette’s homeland and the country where she hoped her son the dauphin would one day reign. Although never particularly close to her youngest sister, Maria-Christina was caught off-guard by the rush of events. …”