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The last prince of the Mexican empire: a novel based on the true story Edition: Pbk. ed

Name: The last prince of the Mexican empire: a novel based on the true story Edition: Pbk. ed
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9781936071616

Mayo, C M

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The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. Even as the American Civil War raged north of the border, a clique of Mexican conservative exiles and clergy convinced Louis Napoleon to invade Mexico and install the Archduke of Austria, Maximilian von Habsburg, as Emperor. A year later, the childless Maximilian took custody of the two year old, half-American, Prince AgustÃ¬n de Iturbide y Green, making the toddler the Heir Presumptive. Maximilian’s reluctance to return the child to his distraught parents, even as his empire began to fall, and the Empress Carlota descended into madness, ignited an international scandal. This lush, grand read is based on the true story and illuminates both the cultural roots of Mexico and the political development of the Americas. But it is made all the more captivating by the depth of Mayo’s writing and her...

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Unbridled Books

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1936071614

ISBN 13:

9781936071616