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Amy’s recent attendance at a production of the jukebox musical “& Juliet” has her thinking about how Shakespeare’s ill-fated teenage beauty could have made wiser choices. So, too, might the Baroness Mary Vetsera, the 17-year-old whose utterly hopeless romance with a Habsburg crown prince landed her at the center of the royal scandal and attempted cover-up known as the “Mayerling Incident.” If you have yet to hear about the shocking double-suicide that rocked the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1889, consider this your chance to get the lowdown.

Mentioned in this episode:

“& Juliet”

“Six”

Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 202 on Empress “Sisi”

Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 19 on Louise Fitzhugh

“The Mayerling Incident Remains a Mystery” New York Times article

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