Sisi

By Allison Pataki

Subjects: FICTION / Sagas, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, historical, general, Austria, fiction, FICTION / Historical, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2016-04-03, Fiction, FICTION / Biographical, Fiction, biographical

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 as the opening of the Suez Canal, Vienna's World Exhibition, and the lead up to WWI--Sisi, the beloved "Fairy Queen," was a woman well ahead of her time during a true Golden Age in European history"--