The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
The Queen’s Fortune : a novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty that Outlasted the Empire
As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone and it’s fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine.
The Accidental Empress
The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe’s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the […]
Sisi: Empress On Her Own
Publishers Weekly 01/18/2016 Pataki’s latest follows where her earlier novel, The Accidental Empress, left off, as she chronicles the life of Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria-Hungary. The narrative picks up in the mid-19th century, with Sisi in her early 30s, no longer the naive girl who married Emperor Franz Joseph at 16. With Sisi’s diplomatic […]