Title: Inaccurate purple prose for the most part
Product review: This book is somewhere between biography and wishful historical drama. Barkeley is extremely unfair in his representation of Rudolf, but in the opposite way of most; he paints an overly rosy and inaccurate picture of the Crown Prince. Barkeley blatantly ignores unsavory facts, fails to give sources for statements which contradict most known evidence and sources (notably why Crown Princess Stephanie was rendered incapable of having more children), and over-romanticizes events in excessive purple prose.I would only moderately recommend this book for the most hardcore of Rudolf buffs, because there are some interesting direct quotes not found in most other English sources and pretty pictures. But otherwise, your money would be more wisely spent elsewhere.
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