Haslip, Joan    <br/><br/>
The crown of Mexico:   Maximilian and his empress Carlota /  Print 
Joan Haslip 
 - New York  Holt, Rinehart and Winston  1971 
 - 531 p.  Genealogical tables; bibliograph; index.  Hardback book 
<br/><br/> Originally published in 1971 under title: Imperial adventurer: Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. 
<br/><br/> This is the stor of Ferdinanad Maximilian (1832 - 1867), younger brother of Franz Josef of Austria and ill-fated Emperor of Mexico.  Joan Haslip unravels this tragic historical period with it's myteries against the background of a Mexico up in arms, the American Civil War, and European court and financial intrigue.  The story is one of drama, bloodshed and unusual characters - Napoleon III, Benito Juarez, Elisabeth of Austria, Leopold of Belgium and Pope Pius IX.  A detailed and sympathetic portrait of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph and his Belgium consort. 
<br/><br/> 38291 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0030865727 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780030865725 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1832-1867 <br/>Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1840-1927 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label> <br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History   European intervention --Mexico--1861-1867
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.070924 Has   15