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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Empress Elizabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi, " is the Princess Diana of nineteenth-century Europe. Famously beautiful, as captured in a portrait with diamond stars in her hair, she is unfulfilled in her marriage to the older Emperor Franz Joseph. Sisi has spent years evading the stifling formality of royal life on her private train or yacht or, whenever she can, on the back of a horse. Captain Bay Middleton is dashing, young, and the finest horseman...
Author
Series
Sisi novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The diary of Princess Elisabeth, written in 1853-1854, describing her engagement and marriage to her cousin Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria. Includes historical notes concerning her life as Empress.
Author
Publisher
Ton 4 Records
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (86 minutes)
Language
None
Description
Monarchia: The Life of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria is contemporary composer Andreas Baksa's main work. The world premiere of the opulent ballet took place in Gyoer, Hungary in 1994, followed by performances in Vienna,
Author
Series
Sisi novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe's most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth ("Sisi"), Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has...
9) Corsage
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
Faced with a future of strict ceremony and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal to submit to the roles imposed upon them. Ludwig, simultaneously spoiled and punished for his softness and "unmanly" interests, falls hard for the operas of Richard...
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