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''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year

Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times

Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times

Fascinating.' Guardian

Gripping.' The Times

Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday Times

In 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into the voyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero's welcome. Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. With a head full of impractical ideals and a penchant for pomp and butterflies the new emperor' was singularly ill-equipped for what lay in store.

This is the vivid history of this barely known, barely b

The Last Emperor of Mexico

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 5 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9780571360581
      978-0571360581
      ISBN-10 0571360580
      Also in:
      Non Fiction History General and world history History of the Americas

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year

      Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times

      Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times

      Fascinating.' Guardian

      Gripping.' The Times

      Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday Times

      In 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into the voyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero's welcome. Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. With a head full of impractical ideals and a penchant for pomp and butterflies the new emperor' was singularly ill-equipped for what lay in store.

      This is the vivid history of this barely known, barely b

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