![]() ![]() Through love affairs and loss, dedication and defiance, Sisi struggles against conflicting desires: to keep her family together, or to flee amid the collapse of her suffocating marriage and the gathering tumult of the First World War. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, the halls of the Hofburg Palace buzz not only with imperial waltzes and champagne but with temptations, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue. Feeling stifled by strict protocols and a turbulent marriage, Sisi finds solace at her estate outside Budapest, where she rides her beloved horses and enjoys visits from a man with whom she’s unwittingly become enamored. But tragic news brings the empressout of her fragile seclusion, forcing her to return to her capital and a world of gossip, envy, and sorrow where a dangerous fate lurks in the shadows. Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth-fondly known as Sisi-captures the hearts of her people as their “fairy queen,” but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. ![]() ![]() Allison Pataki reimagines the reign of the nineteenth-century Princess Diana in this stunning book.”-Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Rebel Queen “Irresistible-completely impossible to put down. A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi, the empress of Austria-Hungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing world. ![]()
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