"I am madly in love with you, virtuously or diabolically, I love you and I will love you to the grave." Excitement spread across the Viennese court with the news that Crown Prince Joseph of Austria would soon be married to the granddaughter of two great kings. But once Princess Isabella of Parma arrived, no one could be more exited than Joseph's sister, Maria Christina. Though at first the feelings were platonic, soon Christina fell more and more in love, putting at risk her reputation, her family, her Catholic faith, and the trust of her childhood friend. Periodically under editing.
