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So here I am, reading along in a bio of Joseph II for German practice, and I see, "Other sources indicate that Maria Christina showed him the letters that she got from Isabella." The author then goes on to say this is contradicted by the evidence that Joseph sure didn't act like a man who'd seen those letters, and he continued venerating Isabella's memory. No direct citation for the line about showing the letters, but the surrounding citations are all from a bio of Isabella of Parma by Ursula Tamussino.

One, that's multiple "sources." I don't know if that means multiple modern biographers, which we already know say that, or multiple contemporary sources beyond the one we found, Caroline Pichler. But since this question has come up in salon so much, I am curious if it's the latter.

Two, that means there's a bio of Isabella by Tamussino. selenak, I think you've mentioned her before? Remind me, was that a rec or an anti-rec? I can't get an e-book, but if you recommend her, I might order a hard copy.

Also, looking back at my original Anisimov request reminds me that I was wondering if you had any Louis XI recs?