Maximilian and Charlotte of Mexico
Author: Conte Egon Caesar Corti
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 1096
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Author: Conte Egon Caesar Corti
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 1096
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: M. M. McAllen
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2014-01-08
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 1595341854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.
Author: Conte Egon Caesar Corti
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 632
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bertita Harding
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2008-04-01
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1434468925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSenora B. Leonarz de Harding specialized in popular tales of kings and queens. In this volume, she tells the story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico.
Author: Joan Haslip
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 574
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed and sympathetic portrait of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph and his Belgium consort.
Author: H. Montgomery Hyde
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2013-01-04
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 144748553X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaximilian I of Mexico and his consort Charlotte of Belgium, known as Carlota were the only rulers of the second Mexican Empire. Installed by Napoleon III and a small group of Mexican Monarchists, the rule was short lived and even though Maximilian had a genuine love for Mexico and it's people and brought around liberal reforms the people of Mexico had no wish to be ruled by a foreign power and revolted. This is the fascinating story of his three year reign from documents and first hand accounts. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: Egon C. Corti
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Published: 1972-01-01
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ISBN-13: 9780849005954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. M. Mayo
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Published: 2010-05-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 193607141X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Frederic Hall
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Published: 1868
Total Pages: 344
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