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Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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She sounds very interesting - even her wiki page is fun! Beautiful portraits of her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabet...
The Reluctant Empress. looks really good - has pretty high ratings here at Goodreads.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/3...
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...

Sisi Myth and Truth
which is supposed to be a nice introduction to her life, but probably wouldn't be great for you if you already know much about her.

A great one with pictures is:
Das österreichisch-ungarische Kaiserhaus 1860-1918

I'm going to order The Reluctant Empress from my library soon. And I'm already a member of the Empress Elisabeth and Family group. Unfortunately, I don't speak enough German to understand a German biography of her. Some day, though, I will... =)



Sources written by those who knew the Empress in her life are also interesting - though most of those are in German so it will be difficult for you to read so far. Marie Larisch's My Past is in English, and hard to find but I've got a link to an online version hidden somewhere, I can dig it up for you if you're interested. I recommend reading some biographies first, though, because her memoirs aren't the most unbiased of sources and so you'd better know what is usually said before looking into what Marie Larisch says.

I'm really new to learning about Elisabeth and Austria during her time, so I don't know very much. Who is Marie Larisch?
Thank you very much for the book recommendations. They are so helpful!

I'm really new to learning about Elisabeth and Austria during her time, so I don't know very much. Who is Marie Larisch?
Thank you very much for the book recommendations. They are so helpful!

I'm really new to learning about Elisabeth and Austria during her time, so I don't know very much. Who is Marie Larisch?
Thank you very much for the book recommendations. They are so helpful!

Sorry if that's a dumb question.
Its when a library (i.e. your local library) borrows a book from another library for a patron. (i.e. the Boston Public Library borrows a book from the University of Colorado Public Library for a patron in Boston). Generally it takes a couple weeks, and the patron gets it for shorter amount of time with no renewals. I do it all the time, and it's great! I've gotten books I've wanted to read from all across the united states and also from the Netherlands, Australia, and Britain.

How do you do it?


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I just did my first ILL - kept hearing about it here and had to try it!
My library has a form on their website that I tried to fill out, unfortunately the drop down menu on one of the fields was broken and wouldn't let me submit without it. Anyway, I asked at my library and they gave me a paper form to fill out. I was shocked at how quickly they were able to get the books for me - I had 2 volumes of The Two Diana's by Dumas (requested at Misfits recommendation) within 2 weeks.
The form was quick and easy to fill out, then the library did the rest of the work :)

Both were incredibly young beautiful women who married emotionally distant husbands. Both had a hard time fitting into court life. Both found a niche in the public eye and both were known for extended vacations through Europe and beyond.
Both died tragically while traveling away from home.


But I find it more than ironic that they had such similar backgrounds 100 years apart. You are right of course that they have quite distinctive personalities.
Ive always wondered what if any thoughts Diana had towards the Austro/Hungarian Empress?
My own interest in Elizabeth stems from the fact she was sister in law to our last emperor (Mexico)

I think Royalty is pretty well versed in past royalty - even if it's not of their own country.
Maybe not, though.



Recently I was thumbing through old issues of LIFE magazine. If you are not familiar with LIFE, it was a great weekly oversize picture magazine published from 1936-1972.
I was thumbing through issues from the early 60's. It seemed every other magazine cover was the Kennedy's, either the President or his wife Jackie or their children. My mother mentions that she used to love seeing Jackie Kennedy .....because she was so young and stylish.
I was surprised to read some of the letters section of the magazine, from people complaining about yet "another magazine cover about "the royal family"



I know they still publish those special editions every once in a while. This month I saw special editions for Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe. They had a special edition for Obama's inaugural which reminded me a lot of their Kennedy coverage from 1961

Books mentioned in this topic
The Reluctant Empress (other topics)The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria (other topics)
Sisi - Myth and Truth (other topics)
Sisi Und Ihre Familie (other topics)
My Past (other topics)
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I'm also interested in her family, especially her mother-in-law Sophie, her husband Franz Joseph, and especially, especially her son Rudolf.