When Elisabeth of Austria married Emperor Franz Joseph and Eugénie of France married Napoleon III, they became two of the most famous women of the 19th century. Young and beautiful, each represented, in her own way, a new kind of empress—one who rebelled against traditional expectations and restrictions. Yet both endured hardships in their private and public lives and were involved in almost every major international confrontation of their turbulent century. Historian Nancy Goldstone discusses the lives of these two glamorous women and how they played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during an era that witnessed thrilling technological advances as well as revolutions, assassinations, and wars.
Goldstone’s latest book, The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe (Little Brown), is available for purchase.
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