ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2011
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Brigitte Hamannm, The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
415 strana, crno-bele slike

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to her family as Sissi, belongs to a famous love story of European royalty - in 1853 the Emperor Franz Josef, the most eligible bachelor in Europe, fell in love with her at first sight when she was fifteen; they were married the next year. On the surface, it was a fairytale marriage, all the more poignant, with hindsight, because her death signalled the twilight years of the Habsburg Empire.

At the time of its first publication in 1988, Brigitte Hamann`s biography, which tells Elisabeth`s story from her birth as a member of the Bavarian nobility to her assassination at the hands of an Italian anarchist, led to a revised and deeper understanding of Elisabeth. During her lifetime, she was idolised solely for her grace and beauty; now, for the first time, the Empress was portrayed as a stronger character, bitter at her marriage, seeking independence, and struggling against the powerful influence of her mother-in-law, the Archduchess Sophie. Researched by a respected historian, this is the definitive account of Elisabeth`s life, death and legacy.

Habsburg, Vienna, Sissi, Sisi, carica Sisi, Beč,