Download or read book Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790 written by Derek Edward Dawson Beales and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final volume of Derek Beales's magisterial biography of the emperor Joseph II describes the critical period when he was sole ruler of the Austrian monarchy. Explaining his motivation and showing how his ideas developed, Derek Beales reveals that Joseph left an ineffaceable mark on all his lands.