Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1837-1898
The Fate of a Woman Under the Yoke of the Imperial Court
A documentation with 130 illustrations
To this day, the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria is shrouded in
myth. Known as Sisis, she went down in history as a beautiful and
enigmatic woman who lived a tragic life and suffered an equally
tragic end. She was the embodiment of all the glamour but also the
suffering of the Austrian imperial court in the 19th century.
This biography is as fascinating as it is moving. The unusual
combination of text and images brings the personal side of
Elisabeth impressively close. The author has aimed to show the
deep anguish of a woman trapped in her role as an empress and to
describe and document her tragic life with all its ups and downs.
ISBN 978-3-902196-01-9