Ebook {Epub PDF} Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki

In bestselling author Allison Pataki’s highly anticipated new novel, Sisi: Empress on Her Own, the tantalizing story behind one of history’s unsung leading ladies, the Habsburg Empress Elizabeth “Sisi,” is Book Edition: The Dial Press. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of Philippa Gregory, Paula McLain, and Daisy Goodwin comes a sweeping and powerful novel by Allison Pataki. Sisi tells the little-known story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, the Princess Diana of her time, in an enthralling work of historical fiction that is also a gripping page-turner.  · Going out to early readers and reviewers is one of the most exciting and nerve-racking parts of bringing a new book to life. It’s always a bit daunting to share one’s work for the first time after working so long and hard on a story. But right now I could not be more thrilled and [ ].

Allison Pataki's new novel, Sisi: Empress on Her Own covers the turbulent later life of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, known to her subjects as Sisi. While her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph, struggles to maintain the power of his monarchy, Sisi seeks refuge from the stifling halls of the royal court in late 19th-century Vienna, where her every move is watched and analyzed. Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth fondly known as Sisi captures the hearts of her people as their "fairy queen," but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. Sisi grows restless, feeling stifled by strict protocols and a turbulent marriage. A free-spirited wanderer, she finds solace at her estate outside Budapest. Sisi: Empress on Her Own is a very good follow up novel to Allison Pataki's first about the Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary: The Accidental Empress. This novel follows Sisi immediately after her coronation as the Empress of the newly combined Austria-Hungary empire and follows the adventures of Sis, her family's, and her many friends.

ALLISON PATAKI is the NYTimes Bestselling author of THE TRAITOR'S WIFE, THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, SISI:EMPRESS ON HER OWN, WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS, and the memoir, BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, has been featured on The TODAY Show, The NY Times, The Huffington Post, USA Today, FOX News, Morning Joe, and more. Introduction: When tragic news brings Sisi out of her fragile seclusion, Sisi is forced to return to Vienna where she struggles with 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, Sisi fights to assert. “Pataki’s latest follows where her earlier novel, The Accidental Empress, left off, as she chronicles the life of Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria-Hungary. The narrative picks up in the midth [ ].