![]() ![]() Readers will likely be entranced.That they'll also be in large part deceived is a risk they'd run in any but the most boringly dutiful historical novels. Pataki, whose debut novel The Traitor's Wife was widely praised, does more than enough period research to give her new book a rich and inviting atmosphere. ![]() ![]() Thus in The Accidental Empress Sisi finally gets the lush and lovingly-detailed English-language novel her dedicated partisans have always thought she deserved. The Accidental Empress by Allison PatakiHoward Books (Simon & Schuster), 2015Allison Pataki's new novel is about Duchess Elisabeth (“Sisi”) of Bavaria, who traveled to the Habsburg court in 1853 in order to wait upon her older sister Helene when Helene became betrothed to the young Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph, who ended up preferring Sisi to his intended bride and wed her instead, a move that rankled his strong-willed and domineering mother Archduchess Sophie. ![]()
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With little time left to change perceptions, simmering resentment persuades her that drastic action is required to redress the slights of her detractors. The end of an arduous apprenticeship is close at hand, and Kayden Jayta unexpectedly learns that being the favoured apprentice of a living legend is not conducive to gaining the respect she deserves. Sometimes Respect Has To Be Earned The Hard Way. Book Release: #TheApprenticeInTheMastersShadow ![]() |