Sisi

Between Compulsion and Freedom - Karen Duve's captivating audio book about Sisi
The good little Sisi who once married Emperor Franz-Joseph - she no longer exists. Elisabeth of Austria is still just as beautiful after 20 years of marriage, but does what she wants. Instead of opening hospitals or factories, she takes part in daredevil horse hunts and exposes herself to gossip through her friendship with an English captain. When Elisabeth takes her niece to live with her, the inexperienced girl is overjoyed, but all too soon becomes entangled in a web of seduction and betrayal.