Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

In Vienna, Sissi is fatigued from the pressures of having to hold court. Though happily married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Sissi must endure the familial machinations of Franz's mother, Archduchess Sophie. When Sissi contracts a potentially fatal bout of tuberculosis, the ailing empress retreats to the Mediterranean for a much-needed recovery, on advisement of her loving mother, Duchess Ludovika.