Maximilian and Carlota, Europe's last empire in Mexico, M. M. McAllen
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Maximilian and Carlota, Europe's last empire in Mexico, M. M. McAllen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-499) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Maximilian and Carlota
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bibliography
Oclc number
852223510
Responsibility statement
M. M. McAllen
Sub title
Europe's last empire in Mexico
Summary
In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoleon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life --, Provided by Publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Mexicans, you have desired my presence -- The right of kings -- Sooner or later, war will have to be declared -- The Red Avenger -- The siege of Puebla -- Honor of the House of Habsburg -- What would you think of me -- The future will be splendid -- A task worthy of the damned -- Our daily bread -- A premonitory symptom -- Every drop of my blood is Mexican -- Like a lost soul -- The French repatriation -- The empire is nothing without the emperor -- Beware of the French -- Someone is intent on poisoning me -- Getting out of the toils of the French -- Liberator I will be -- War is war -- The enemy is here -- I have cared for you all -- ¡Viva Mexico! ¡Viva el Emperador! -- Epilogue
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