The book by Egon Caesar Conte Corti went through thirty-seven editions and brought the author worldwide fame as a wonderful writer and master of biographies.

A fascinating story about the life of the most beautiful and original woman of her century allows you to feel the emotional conflicts and romance of the events of the late 19th century century. The great response that the empress, so far from politics, finds in the hearts of subsequent generations is due to the intrigue of the external side of her life. Unearthly beauty, charm and grandeur, a daring flight of thought, a penchant for solitude and melancholy intertwined in the soul of this wonderful, extraordinary woman into an image that, regardless of the turns of history, will retain its attractive power, even if the events and personalities of the nineteenth century are forgotten. Among the many books about Elizabeth, this biography, created on the basis of the richest and previously unknown sources, is the best. This work is not only a fascinating picture of the empress’s life, but also a reliable historical panorama of those times. A book that can rival any novel in terms of color and excitement, deserves a place of honor in all libraries.