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The Last Emperor of Mexico

The Last Emperor of Mexico

The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

by Edward Shawcross
Hardback
Publication Date: 19/10/2021
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The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico--and faced bloody consequences.

In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and their entourage arrived in a Mexico ruled by terror, where revolutionary fervor was barely suppressed by French troops. When the United States, now clear of its own Civil War, aided the rebels in pushing back Maximilian's imperial soldiers, the French army withdrew, abandoning the young couple. The regime fell apart. Maximilian was executed by a firing squad and Carlota, secluded in a Belgian castle, descended into madness.

Assiduously researched and vividly told, The Last Emperor of Mexico is a dramatic story of European hubris, imperialist aspirations clashing with revolutionary fervor, and the Old World breaking from the New.

ISBN:
9781541674196
9781541674196
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
19-10-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Basic Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
242.57x161.29x31.75mm
Weight:
0.59kg
Edward Shawcross

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Edward Shawcross lived and worked in France, then South Korea and finally Colombia before returning to London where he completed a PhD at UCL. His research specialised on French imperialism in Latin America and the Mexican intellectual thought that underpinned the Second Mexican Empire.

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History of the Americas Warfare & defence American Civil War Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 European history Geographical discovery & exploration
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