The Last Emperor Of Mexico Av Edward Shawcross

<p><b>''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, <i>Sunday Times</i> Books of the Year</b><br><br>¿Superbly entertaining.¿ <i>Financial Times</i><br><br>¿Jaw-dropping.¿ <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>¿Fascinating.¿ <i>Guardian</i><br><br>¿Gripping.¿ <i>The Times</i><br><br>¿Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.¿ <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><b>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.</b><br><br><b>This is the vivid history of this barely known,