Sisi
Pataki, Allison
Genre:
"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"--
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