Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Free Spirit, Beauty Queen, and Imperial Legend
Paperback, 456 pages, 56 illustrations
First edition
November 2023
When in 1854, the 16-year-old Bavarian Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, married the 24-year-old Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I, it seemed that her life would be all sunshine and roses. However, a rude awakening followed at the Vienna Court, where protocol dictated every gesture of the Habsburg Empress. Imbued with a strong desire for freedom, Sisi decided to live by her own rules against all the odds. She became a top athlete as a horseback champion rider as well as being a power walker, poet, dedicated fan of Greek antiquity, and traveler of the world, making her a modern woman far ahead of her time. Moreover, her outstanding beauty and enchanting charisma bewitched everyone who met her. All these factors, combined with her fateful, tragic death have turned her into an immortal legend.
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- From the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, as well as at Shakespeare & Company Booksellers, Sterngasse 2, 1010 Vienna, the bookstore Frick, Graben 27, 1010 Vienna, and the bookstore Tyrolia Wien, Stephansplatz 5, 1010, Vienna
