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Renate
Daimler Their parents had actually wanted a son. Their husbands expected obedience and subservience. Their world wanted to make marionettes out of them. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Sisi's death, corresponding almost exactly to the first anniversary of Diana's death, the author Renate Daimler traces the astounding parallels between the fates of both women: both missed out on parental warmth, both married men they barely knew and expected to receive the warmth from them which they didn't find in their childhood. Both were spontaneously celebrated and suffered in their "dungeons" of courtly constraints. Both had to fight for their children, both failed in their relationships, both sought recognition from the public. Their tragic deaths made both of them fairy tale princesses of their time. published by: Deuticke, 336 pages |
