{"product_id":"last-emperor-of-mexico-the-a-disa","title":"Edward Shawcross: The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Disaster in the New World [2023] paperback","description":"'Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating.' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping.' The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.","brand":"Shawcross, Edward","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44128867221794,"sku":"9780571360581","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47197479240019,"sku":"XV80571360581","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/shawcross-edward-edward-shawcross-the-last-emperor-of-mexico-a-disaster-in-the-new-world-2023-paperback-57793654554963.jpg?v=1727874301","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/last-emperor-of-mexico-the-a-disa","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}