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Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to her family as 'Sisi', belongs to a famous love story of European royalty. In 1853 the Emperor Franz Josef, the most eligible bachelor in Europe, fell in love with her at first sight when she was 15. They were married the next year.
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The Reluctant Empress, Brigitte Hamann
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- Released
- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Brigitte Hamann
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 450
- ISBN10
- 0571271308
- ISBN13
- 9780571271306
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, German Literature, 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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- Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to her family as 'Sisi', belongs to a famous love story of European royalty. In 1853 the Emperor Franz Josef, the most eligible bachelor in Europe, fell in love with her at first sight when she was 15. They were married the next year.