Sisi

Every year, the three famous "Sissi" films enchant millions of viewers on TV during Christmas. The image of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth is shaped by the film classics featuring Romy Schneider. But what was the "real" Sisi really like? Royal expert Andreas Englert sheds light on the mystery and places the historical figure – the native of Munich, Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie von Wittelsbach, later Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary – at the center. Did you know that after the dream wedding in Vienna with Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1854, there was quickly a sense of disillusionment, and why? Or that the "real" Sisi did not actually suffer from an eating disorder, as is often claimed? And why is she called "Sissi" in the films and not "Sisi" or even "Lisi"? Questions upon questions that are answered thoroughly and entertainingly in this book.