This is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode - a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, the effects of which would be felt into the twentieth century and beyond. 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.
Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero's welcome. History buffs, like this reviewer, will find the story interesting. The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World Hardcover 19 October 2021 by Edward Shawcross (Author) 292 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 16.14 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 42.39 1 Used from 60.49 8 New from 40.62 Paperback 24.99 13 New from 24. The central figure in the story is Ferdinand Maximillian, a prince in the Hapsburg Empire. He had been lured into the voyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Edward Shawcross’s The Last Emperor of Mexico recounts a little-known period of history, namely France’s imperial interests in Mexico. In 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday Times The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World
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