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.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571360581Number of pages: 336Weight: 293 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mmEdition: Main
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