I'm really excited about the new series The Empress and decided to immerse myself in the true (tragic) story of Empress Sisi. I was recommended "Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece" because this book is a really interesting and intriguing genre. The readers follow Elisabeth of Austria and Hungary, the historic character, from her first escape to Corfu because of her marriage crisis. Then we accompany her on her subsequent journeys there. The author gives the many historic characters a voice by letting them speak -mostly through diary entries - and he also gives Sisi a voice, as he often quotes her thoughts and poems at the end of each chapter. So this makes the book an unusual mix between biography, travelogue and poetry album, with many beautiful images and interesting descriptions of the young men who accompanied the Empress until she finally got killed in Geneva.
