02148cam a2200349 i 4500 1262069151 TxAuBib 140913s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014020804 9781476790220 hbk. 1476790221 hbk. (OCoLC)20177 DLC eng rda DLC IG# BTCTA BDX UPZ JSE IH7 JP3 YDXCP VP@ OCLCF CDX ILC NDS ZHB UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Pataki, Allison, author. The accidental empress / Allison Pataki. First Howard Books hardcover edition. New York : Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015. ©2015. xvi, 495 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 493.) The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe's most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth (""Sisi""), Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister's groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. Thrust onto the throne of Europe's most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. Elisabeth Empress, consort of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria 1837-1898 Fiction. Habsburg, House of Fiction. Fiction. Austria History Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916 Fiction. Austria Politics and government 1848-1918 Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction.