Author: comte Emile KératryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of the Emperor Maximilian
Author: comte Emile KératryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Maximilian and Carlota
Author: M. M. McAllenPublisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595341854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’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. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico’s Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the U.S., this was their opportunity to seize territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France while ushering in a new era for Mexico. In a bid to oust Juárez, Mexican conservatives appealed to European leaders to select a monarch to run their country. Maximilian and Carlota’s reign, from 1864 to 1867, was marked from the start by extravagance and ambition and ended with the execution of Maximilian by firing squad, with Carlota on the brink of madness. This epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule, which spans North American and European history at a critical juncture on both continents, shows how Napoleon III’s failure to save Maximilian disgusted Europeans and sealed his own fate. Maximilian and Carlota offers a vivid portrait of the unusual marriage of Maximilian and Carlota and of international high society and politics at this critical nineteenth-century juncture. This largely unknown era in the history of the Americas comes to life through this colorful telling of the couple’s tragic reign.
The British Quarterly Review
Author: Manet, the Execution of Maximilian
Author: Juliet Wilson-BareauPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300061550
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Inexpressiveness, made a strong political statement and became a potent symbol of failed imperial ambition.
The British Quarterly Review
Author: The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated
Author: The American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated
Author: The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
Author: C. M. MayoPublisher: Unbridled Books
ISBN: 193607141X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. Even as the American Civil War raged north of the border, a clique of Mexican conservative exiles and clergy convinced Louis Napoleon to invade Mexico and install the Archduke of Austria, Maximilian von Habsburg, as Emperor. A year later, the childless Maximilian took custody of the two year old, half-American, Prince Agustìn de Iturbide y Green, making the toddler the Heir Presumptive. Maximilian’s reluctance to return the child to his distraught parents, even as his empire began to fall, and the Empress Carlota descended into madness, ignited an international scandal. This lush, grand read is based on the true story and illuminates both the cultural roots of Mexico and the political development of the Americas. But it is made all the more captivating by the depth of Mayo’s writing and her understanding of the pressures and influences on these all too human players.
The Laws of Mexico
Author: Frederic HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil law
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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