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The Last Emperor of Mexico
- A Disaster in the New World
Engelsk Paperback

The Last Emperor of Mexico

- A Disaster in the New World
Engelsk Paperback

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''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year

‘Superbly entertaining.’ Financial Times

‘Jaw-dropping.’ Sunday Times

‘Fascinating.’ Guardian

‘Gripping.’ The Times

‘Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.’ Sunday Times

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.

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.













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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780571360581
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
0571360580
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Udg. Dato:
5 jan 2023
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato:
5 jan 2023
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