Last week was the set-up, this week we delve into Sisi’s whole deal. Again we’re joined by Lana Wood Johnson (author of Technically You Started It and Speak For Yourself), Sisi superfan. Learn more about Lana and her books at lanawoodjohnson.com
* Content warning: starting at 8:31, there is discussion of depression, anxiety, disordered eating, anorexia nervosa, and anorexia athletica. This content ends at 27:21.
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References:
Wikipedia
The Lonely Empress: Sisi of Austria by Joan Haslip (book from 1965, out of print)
The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Brigitte Hamann (book from 1988, translated from German)
Sissi by Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Bohm from Taschen (pictures are amazing bio is not great)
The Hapsburgs: Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft (overview of Hapsburgs and useful family tree) https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9780140236347
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/anorectic-empress-elisabeth-austria
https://www.history.com/news/the-tragic-austrian-empress-who-was-murdered-by-anarchists
https://historyofyesterday.com/the-tragedies-and-triumphs-of-sissis-sisters-1f08ce9df80b
https://metropole.at/5-things-about-elisabeth-sissi/
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