The life and times of Elizabeth of Austria ,also known as "Sisi".Her quarrels with her aunt ,the emperor Francis Joseph .Her children,who were taken from her by the ruthless dowager;her runaways from the court the etiquette of which she could not stand ;her friendship with her cousin Ludwig Der Zweite ,king of Bayern.His son Rudolph 's degenerate ways ,his affair with baroness Mary Vetsera ,and the Mayerling tragedy .Her assassination in Genève ,by anarchist Lucchini in 1898.