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Reputedly the most beautiful woman of her time, Elisabeth of Bavaria was a tortured figure who was forced into a marriage with the Emperor Francis Joseph at age 15. Constantly harassed by the jackals of the Viennese court, Elisabeth came to despise her adopted land and spent her life rejecting... read more
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- Empress Elisabeth of Austria: or Sisi as she was called by family and friends
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- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
- Archduchess Marie-Valerie
- Archduchess Gisela
- Archduchess Sophie
- Katharina Schratt
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On Thursday, August 18, 1853 - the twenty-third birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I - a fifteen-year-old girl from provincial Possenhofen in Bavaria took her place in Austrian history.
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Preface
Chronology
CHAPTER ONE - Engagement in Bad Ischl
CHAPTER TWO - Wedding in Vienna
CHAPTER THREE - The Newlyweds
CHAPTER FOUR - Flight
CHAPTER FIVE - The Cult of Beauty
CHAPTER SIX - Hungary
CHAPTER SEVEN - The Burdens of Public Appearance
CHAPTER EIGHT - The Queen Rides to Hounds
CHAPTER NINE - Titania, Queen of the Fairies
CHAPTER TEN - Eagle and Seagull
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Heine's Disciple
CHAPTER TWELVE - Katharina Schratt, "The Friend"
CHATER THIRTEEN - Rudolf and Valerie
CHAPTER FOURTEEEN - The Odyssey
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- Brigitte Hamann (Author)
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Original Language: German
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Page Count: 640
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