The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would ...

Empress Sisi is one of the most well-known Hapsburg ... Per Hamann's biography, she hated most court procedures, including ...

Eccentric and educated in the values of creativity and adventure, the dullness of royal life was no match for Sissi. In an act of defiance, the empress took up smoking (ironic, considering her fear of ...