The Locked Box

A dark secret haunts the royal Habsburg family, a secret that will destroy lives-and an empire, leading to the disaster of World War I. Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, mysteriously die together at his hunting lodge, Mayerling. Was it suicide, murder-or both? The answer lies in a locked box, hidden for over a century by the remaining Habsburg descendants. What does the box contain: evidence that points to suicide-or to murder?