Pataki, Allison
"In imperial Vienna
where the court halls buzzed with waltzes and champagne
as well as temptation
rivals
and cutthroat intrigue
the intensely personal tale of Empress Sisi unraveled. Infamously beautiful
a mother of four
and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph - whom she unintentionally stole away from her sister - Sisi's reign was anything but simple. Against the backdrop of a rich
romantic
and volatile time period--marked by pivotal events such as the opening of the Suez Canal
Vienna's World Exhibition
and the lead up to WWI--Sisi
the beloved "Fairy Queen
" was a woman well ahead of her time during a true Golden Age in European history"--