The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of AustriaFaber & Faber, 05.04.2012 - 773 Seiten The real-life tale behind Netflix's Empress Sisi and the Anarchist, whose assassination in 1898 shocked the world. |
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... husband from assuming the succession—thus relinquishing her chance to become empress and to govern through her husband, who was wholly devoted to her. She was the guiding force behind the accession to the throne of her “Franzi” in ...
... husband scoffed, most of her learning came from missionary almanacs. She did not know the first thing about politics.9 The father of the prospective bride, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, was not at all to Sophie's taste. True, he was the ...
... husband's restlessness and his many affairs and to remain alone with the growing brood of children. Much later, after she was widowed, she told her grandchildren that, starting with their golden wedding anniversary, Max had been good to ...
... husband, there were fifteen other archdukes.) Archduke Ferdinand Max, the Emperor's younger brother, assumed the task of acquainting the Wittelsbach and Habsburg families with each other. Then came the introduction of the high court ...
... husband and her mother-in-law. Even Sophie found these audiences so tiring that she “simply couldn't” and needed fortifying in between. All meals were official events, preceded by a change of clothes. At the audience for the Hungarian ...
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CHAPTER FOUR | |
CHAPTER FIVE | |
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CHAPTER SEVEN | |
CHAPTER EIGHT | |
CHAPTER NINE | |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
CHAPTER TWELVE | xiii |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | xxv |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | xlviii |
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