NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi,the empress of AustriaHungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing worldIrresistiblecompletely impossible to put down . . . Allison Pataki reimagines the reign of the nineteenthcentury Princess Diana in this stunning book.Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Rebel Queen Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabethfondly known as Sisicaptures the hearts of her people as their fairy queen, but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. In midnineteenthcentury 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 shes unwittingly become enamored.But tragic news bringsthe 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.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 an age of crumbling monarchies,the empressfights to assert her right to the throne beside her husband, to win...

Binding: Paperback;480 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 464 g; Dimensions: 134 x 202 x 27

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