Authors: Brigitte Hamann
B008AITH44 EBOK (87 page)
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Elisabeth’s death mask
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Franz Joseph outlived his beloved wife by eighteen years. Her portrait hung over his desk, both in the Hofburg in Vienna and at Schönbrunn. (Painting by Franz von Matsch)
This ebook edition first published in 2012
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German © Amaltha Signum Verlag Gmbh, Wien, 1981
Translation © Ruth Hein, 1986
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