In my ambitious new project, I take a critical look at the myth of Empress Elisabeth 'Sisi' of Austria and ask a question I haven't seen asked before: was she really someone we should look up to?
00:00 Introduction
0:05:53 Chapter I: The Chosen Ones
0:14:45 Chapter II: Eventually, I Gave Up
0:27:32 Chapter III: Wayward
0:38:47 Chapter IV: Diva
0:54:01 Chapter V: Titania
01:01:30 Chapter VI: The Woman in Black
01:06:04 Chapter VII: Soul of the Future
Sources:
1. "The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria" by Brigitte Hamann, Ullstein, 1996.
2. "The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria" by Joan Haslip, Phoenix, 2000.
3. "Sisi's Verses: The Poetic Diary of Empress Elisabeth" by Empress Elisabeth of Austria, edited by Elisabeth Joe-Harriet, German National Library, 2019.