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She was the romantic idol of her age, the extraordinarily beautiful and mysterious Empress Elisabeth of Austria whose exploits made her a legend in nineteenth-century Europe and beyond. This biography by Brigitte Hamann reveals the truth of a complex and touching, curiously modern personality, her refusals to conform, escaping to a life of her own, filled with literature, ideas and the new political passions of the age. This edition is a translation into English from the original German by Ruth Hein.
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The reluctant empress, Brigitte Hamann
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- Title
- The reluctant empress
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Brigitte Hamann
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 410
- ISBN10
- 3548354793
- ISBN13
- 9783548354798
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, German Literature, Autobiographies & Memoirs, 19th century, Women's Biographies, Habsburgs, Empresses
- First published
- 1986
- Original title
- Elisabeth: Kaiserin wider Willen
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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- She was the romantic idol of her age, the extraordinarily beautiful and mysterious Empress Elisabeth of Austria whose exploits made her a legend in nineteenth-century Europe and beyond. This biography by Brigitte Hamann reveals the truth of a complex and touching, curiously modern personality, her refusals to conform, escaping to a life of her own, filled with literature, ideas and the new political passions of the age. This edition is a translation into English from the original German by Ruth Hein.