Archduchess Sophie
Franz Joseph’s mother, Sisi’s mother-in-law .The strong woman at Vienna’s courtEhrlich, Anna & Bauer, Christa
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Archduchess Sophie
THE SECRET EMPRESS
HARDLY ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY has had so many
contradictory things written and said about them as archduchess Sophie of Bavaria, mother of the Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph. She was dubbed the secret empress, an evil spirit, and the only real man at the court, but also a bigoted sanctimonious hypocrite, political schemer, and, not to mention, self-sacrificing mother. Due to the film trilogy Sissi by director Ernst Marischka from the 1950s, she also gained the reputation as being the evil mother-in-law of Empress Elisabeth. A contradictory, often negative picture of the intelligent woman has evolved. But what was she really like? Based on extensive archive research, the authors provide an exciting, new depiction of archduchess Sophie.
Christa Bauer works as a tour guide in Vienna. She has published numerous articles in historic magazines. Since 2008, she is a board member of the association of certified Vienna tour guides and acts as its president at the moment.
Anna Ehrlicher, a lawyer and historian, has been offering informative and entertaining city tours in Vienna for thirty years. She mostly engages in side issues of history, such as the history of morality, medicine, religion, and law.
HARDLY ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY has had so many
contradictory things written and said about them as archduchess Sophie of Bavaria, mother of the Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph. She was dubbed the secret empress, an evil spirit, and the only real man at the court, but also a bigoted sanctimonious hypocrite, political schemer, and, not to mention, self-sacrificing mother. Due to the film trilogy Sissi by director Ernst Marischka from the 1950s, she also gained the reputation as being the evil mother-in-law of Empress Elisabeth. A contradictory, often negative picture of the intelligent woman has evolved. But what was she really like? Based on extensive archive research, the authors provide an exciting, new depiction of archduchess Sophie.
Christa Bauer works as a tour guide in Vienna. She has published numerous articles in historic magazines. Since 2008, she is a board member of the association of certified Vienna tour guides and acts as its president at the moment.
Anna Ehrlicher, a lawyer and historian, has been offering informative and entertaining city tours in Vienna for thirty years. She mostly engages in side issues of history, such as the history of morality, medicine, religion, and law.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor
Dr. Anna Ehrlich ist promovierte Juristin und Historikerin und bietet seit über dreißig Jahren informative und unterhaltsame Führungen in Wien an (www.wienfuehrung.at). Sie widmet sich neben der Religionsgeschichte vor allem den Randthemen der Geschichte, so wie der Sitten-, Medizin- und Rechtsgeschichte. Aus ihren Vorträgen zum Thema "Magie und Erotik am Kaiserhof" und der Beschäftigung mit der Kunstkammer des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien ist der Roman "Szepter und Rose" entstanden.
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Christa Bauer ist Fremdenführerin in Wien. Zahlreiche Artikel in historischen Magazinen. Seit 2008 ist sie im Vorstand des Vereins der geprüften Wiener Fremdenführer, derzeit dessen Präsidentin.
