Elizabeth, empress of Austria, a memoir / by A. De Burgh. With eighty illustrations.

Author/Creator:

De Burgh, Alborough, i.e. Edward Morgan Alborough.

Publication:

London, Hutchinson & co. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company, 1899.

Format/Description:

Book
383 p. incl. front., illus., port. 22 cm.

Subjects:

Elizabeth, empress consort of Francis I, emperor of Austria, 1837-1898.
Elisabeth, Empress, consort of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1837-1898.

Form/Genre:

Gold-tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1899.

Contents:

Introduction
The Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria
The Empress Elizabeth
The Queen of Hungary
The Empress as a woman, philanthropist, friend, and mistress
The Empress as a student and reader
The Empress as an architect
The Empress as a sportswoman
The Empress as a traveller
The Empress Elizabeth and Kin Ludwig II. of Bavaria
Mater Dolorosa
The recluse
Reminisces and anecdotes
The assassination
At rest: obsequies in Vienna and universal mourning
Conclusion.

Local notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with image in gold of the coats of arms of Elizabeth and Austria-Hunary linked by a crowned ribbon. Text in gold.
Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Apr 11 1899."

OCLC:

3153839

Online:

Internet Archive
https://archive.org/stream/elizabethempres00burggoog#page/n8/mode/2up

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