A STARTLING BOOK!
My Past
Reminiscences of the Courts of Austria and of Bavaria
By the Countess Marie Larisch
Née Baroness Von Wallersee
Daughter of Duke Ludwig and Niece of the Late Empress Elizabeth of Austria
8º. With 21 Illustrations from Original Photographs $3.50 net. By mail, $3.75
The True Story of the Tragic Death of Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria
The author was the favourite niece of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria and enjoyed her aunt's complete trust. The Empress confided to her many circumstances which this cautious ruler withheld from others close to her person. Her station at the Austrian Court has enabled her to tell many intimate and curiosity-arousing anecdotes concerning the noble families of Europe.
Interesting and full of glamour as her life was, however, her place in history is assured primarily through her inadvertent connection with the amour which Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria carried on with the Baroness Mary Vetsera, and which culminated in the tragic death of the lovers at Meyerling.
"An amazing chronicle of imperial and royal scandals, which spares no member of the two august houses to which she is related."—N. Y. Tribune.