The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World by Edward Shawcross

The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

Edward Shawcross

336 pages hardcover 2021

7 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into colonial power in Mexico--and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a yo...

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