Haslip, Joan
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
Originally published in 1971 under title: Imperial adventurer: Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
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.
38291
0030865727
9780030865725
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1832-1867
Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1840-1927
History European intervention --Mexico--1861-1867
972.070924 Has 15
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
Originally published in 1971 under title: Imperial adventurer: Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
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.
38291
0030865727
9780030865725
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1832-1867
Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico 1840-1927
History European intervention --Mexico--1861-1867
972.070924 Has 15