Lettura semplice e scorrevole. Nov 02, Ghost of the Library rated it it was amazing Shelves: When it comes to multiple biographies on the same historical character, its sometimes quite difficult to decide on a favorite when they all - the most popular ones anyways - have such good quality and content. In the end i believe it all comes down to a personal preference for one particular style of writting, to how one author will resonate more with you.
In he published " Elisabeth D' Autriche, ou la fatalite" first edition of this book i review and it remains to this day one of the finest biographies of the Empress - along with Brigitte Hamann and Count Corti, i personally think these 3 are the "holy trinity" for anyone interested in her. Jean des Cars has, to me, a particularly engaging manner of writing that makes history genuinely come alive for the reader, making one forget the world around us while he describes these events of so long ago - its less judgmental perhaps that Brigitte Hamanns work, hence my personal preference?
Or simply he's a finer teller of tales, given his personal and professional background son of a popular french writer and an artist , its a gift thats probably in his DNA!
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Anyways, here like i said he presents the empress and her times, her life, her relationships with those around in a particularly vivid manner, especially her family ties and her devotion to her siblings - regardless of how these behaved towards her on some occasions An interesting addition to this book its had several editions, a testament to its popularity is also the theories about the tragedy at Mayerling and the "real causes" of the Crown Prince's death - truth or not these make for compelling reading and were apparently ideas that were discussed in the family and were known by Sisi's successor as The last Empress of Austria - Zita of Bourbon Parma.
I'm not sure if any of his books are published in english, if someone knows please share that information? But if you happen to be fluent enough in french to feel comfortable reading history - by all means get yourself a copy and i guarantee its more than worth the effort! Side note - he also has published a lovely travel book which is a must for any die hard fan of Sisi - Sur Les Pas de Sissi - with many many pictures he shares his own european journey to her palaces, her cities and her home of Possenhofen its from but so worth it!
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Have fun, Happy Readings! Non parliamo poi di quando ebbe figli.: Insomma, non va bene per la corte! Mi ha acceso d' interesse per un periodo storico da me poco amato.
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