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Elizabeth
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Well written and magnificently researched by Brigitte Hamann.
I have to admit that her life story struck me as incredibly aimless. It's hard to read about someone so obviously unhappy and unable to use her many gifts towards a concentrated goal that would have hopefully given her fulfillment. She seemed so very dissatisfied in her life; a shame really. ...more
I have to admit that her life story struck me as incredibly aimless. It's hard to read about someone so obviously unhappy and unable to use her many gifts towards a concentrated goal that would have hopefully given her fulfillment. She seemed so very dissatisfied in her life; a shame really. ...more
When I visited the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, the story of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth captured me in an instant. Sisi, as Empess Elisabeth is well known in Austria, was famous for her beauty and her antics. A fine horsewoman of her time, she is as rebellious as an Empress could be. She traveled across Europe, rarely joined her husband both at dining table and royal occasion. Her missing at dining table was contributed as well by her obsession to stay beautiful by maint
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