My Years at the Austrian Court

Nellie Ryan was the English governess hired in to the household of the Archduke Karl Stefan of the ruling House of Habsburg during the years preceding the First World War. The Archduke was Grand Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian navy, cousin of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and candidate for the Polish crown. From this privileged position Ryan provides and interesting sidelight on the workings of the Royal family in its time spent at work, at leisure, in diplomacy and at home. "IT has been writ