Award-winning historical nonfiction (6,000 copies sold)
Sisi and Count Andrássy
The Untold Story of the Habsburg Monarchy
Dear Editor/Publisher/Literary Agent,
I am Barbara Káli-Rozmis, an independent researcher specialising in Empress Elisabeth of Austria. For many years, I have worked on a number of national and international research and media projects on Sisi and her family. Further information about my work, publications, references, and media appearances can be found on my website: Barbara Káli-Rozmis – TEMPT Princess
I am now seeking to introduce my first, award-winning book to the German-speaking market. It has sold approximately 6,000 copies in Hungary – a strong result for a historical nonfiction title. The book was endorsed by a great-great-grandson of the Empress, who also supported my research with source materials.
The book explores a subject that has long fascinated audiences, has rarely been explored through the specific lens of Elisabeth-Andrássy personal-political relationship as a continuous narrative thread grounded in Hungarian archival material: the relationship between the Empress and the former revolutionary Count Gyula Andrássy, who later became Prime Minister of Hungary.
While the subject has appeared in fiction – for example in novels by Alison Pataki – and has recently gained renewed popularity through major television productions such as Sisi (RTL) and The Empress (Netflix), these portrayals do not offer a historically grounded account.
This is where my book offers a fundamentally new, source-based perspective. A major strength of the book lies in its source base: much of the material I use – including private correspondence – is available only in Hungarian and has remained largely absent from international scholarship.
I have prepared a complete English translation of the manuscript, under the working title: The Empress and the Rebel – Sisi and Count Andrássy.
The synopsis and further relevant publishing information are accessible at: [google drive – pdf]. Three English-language sample chapters may be consulted here: [google drive – pdf].
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I would be delighted to provide further material upon request.
Kind regards,
Barbara Káli-Rozmis
✨“The Book of the Year Award 2022” in the historical non-fiction category✨
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