Editing Empress Elisabeth of Austria (section)

===Literature===
{{Interlanguage link|Constantin Christomanos|lt=Constantin Christomanos|de}} (1867–1911), who served as Elisabeth's modern Greek language tutor from 1891 to 1893 and escorted her during her stay in Corfu, published his memoirs of her shortly after her death, in his 1899 ''Tagebuchblätter'' (Diary Pages).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrostomanos |first1=Kōstantinos |title=Tagebuchblätter : Erinnerungen des Hauslehrers der Kaiserin Elisabeth |publisher=Czernin |year=2007 |isbn=978-3707601787 |language=de}}</ref> Although he portrayed Elisabeth in an idealistic favourable manner, as a fairytale princess come to life, his book greatly displeased the Imperial Court that declared him ''[[persona non grata]]'' and forced him to resign his university teaching position in Vienna and leave Austria.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} [[Mark Twain]], who lived in Austria at the time of the Empress's death, wrote about her assassination in the article ''The Memorable Assassination'', which he did not submit for publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nurse's View of the Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) |url=http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-memorable.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114175817/http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-memorable.htm |archive-date=14 November 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

''Golden Fleece'' is a biography of Elisabeth by [[Bertita Harding]] (Bobbs-Merrill, 1937); one of five biographies by Harding about members of the Habsburg dynasty.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} In 1988, historian [[Brigitte Hamann]] revived interest in Elisabeth with her book, ''The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamann |first1=Brigitte |author-link1=Brigitte Hamann |title=The reluctant empress : a biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria |publisher=Faber and Faber |year=2010 |isbn=978-0571271306}}</ref> Unlike previous portrayals of Elisabeth as a one-dimensional fairytale princess, Hamann portrayed her as a bitter, unhappy woman full of self-loathing and suffering from various emotional and mental disorders. She was seen to have searched for happiness, but died a broken woman who never found it. Hamann's portrayal explored new facets of the legend of Sisi, as well as contemplating the role of women in high-level politics and dynasties. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Drawing on Christomanos's diaries and so far unpublished sources from Greece's national archives, Austrian anthropologist and journalist Stefan Haderer published his book ''Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece'' in 2022.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 9798844219504|title = Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece|last1 = Haderer|first1 = Stefan|date =  2022}}</ref> His book is both an accurate historical account of Elisabeth's travels to Greece and a very personal portrait of her character and her special relationship with the Greek people.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} In 2015, journalist Jennifer Bowers Bahney wrote the non-fiction narrative of the theft of the Koechert diamond and pearl jewel titled ''Stealing Sisi's Star: How a Master Thief Nearly Got Away with Austria's Most Famous Jewel''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bahney |first1=Jennifer Bowers |title=Stealing Sisi's Star: How a Master Thief Nearly Got Away with Austria's Most Famous Jewel |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786497225}}</ref>

The Empress haunts a deadly Christmas house party in the form of a chatty biography, ''Life of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria'', in [[Georgette Heyer]]'s 1941 mystery, ''Envious Casca.''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Heyer |first1=Georgette |title=Envious Casca |date=2006 |publisher=Arrow |isbn=9780099493662}}</ref> The book and its disappearance form part of the goings-on that drive the various family members and guests to distraction.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Elisabeth's youth and early adult life are dramatized in the novel ''Imperial Waltz'' by [[William S. Abrahams]] (Dial Press, 1954).<ref>{{ASIN|B002JLIJ88}}</ref> She features in [[Alexander Lernet-Holenia]]'s 1960 novel ''Mayerling''.<ref>{{ASIN|B005Q1V8L8}}</ref> The empress appears in the 1976 romantic fiction novel ''Stars in my Heart'' by [[Barbara Cartland]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cartland |first1=Barbara |title=Stars in My Heart |publisher=Pyramid Books |year=1971 |isbn=9780515041613}}</ref>

Elisabeth appears as a significant character in [[Gary Jennings (author)|Gary Jennings]]' 1987 novel ''[[Spangle (novel)|Spangle]]''. The novel concerns a circus traveling through Europe at the close of the 19th century, and portrays Elisabeth's interest in circuses and [[Stunt performer|daredevil]] horseback riding.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} She appears in a cameo in the [[short story]] ''The Road to Charing Cross'' in the 1999 book ''[[Flashman and the Tiger]]'' by [[George MacDonald Fraser]]. She dances with the anti-hero, [[Harry Flashman]] at a ball at the end of the story, in which Flashman has helped prevent her husband the Emperor from being assassinated.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Elisabeth's story inspired the 2003 children's book ''[[The Royal Diaries|The Royal Diaries: Elisabeth, The Princess Bride]]'' set during her teenage years in 1853 and 1854.

Elisabeth and her purported lover, [[George "Bay" Middleton]] are included in the 2014 historical fiction novel, ''The Fortune Hunter'' by [[Daisy Goodwin]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goodwin |first1=Daisy |title=The Fortune Hunter: A Novel |date=2014 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9781250043894}}</ref> Author [[Allison Pataki]] wrote an historical novel about Elisabeth and her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph entitled ''The Accidental Empress'' in 2015.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Pataki |first1=Allison |title=The Accidental Empress: A Novel |date=2015 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781476790220}}</ref> Its sequel, ''Sisi, Empress on Her Own'', was published in 2016.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}  The story of Elisabeth is told in Susan Appleyard's 2016 [[ebook]], ''In a Gilded Cage''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Appleyard |first1=Susan |title=In a Gilded Cage |date=2016 |publisher=Susan Appleyard |isbn=9781310170553}}</ref>  A companion novel to the six-episode Netflix series ''[[The Empress (TV series)|The Empress]]'', also titled ''The Empress'', and written by Gigi Griffis, was published in 2022.

Elisabeth is also a significant character in the novel [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374720438/emptytheatreanovel/ Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc], published in February 2023 by Macmillan. The novel is a fictional exploration of Elisabeth's relationship with her cousin, [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]].