{"product_id":"last-emperor-of-mexico-edward-shawcross-9780571360581","title":"Last Emperor of Mexico","description":"'Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year\n‘Superbly entertaining.’ Financial Times\n‘Jaw-dropping.’ Sunday Times\n‘Fascinating.’ Guardian\n‘Gripping.’ The Times\n‘Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.’ Sunday Times\nIn 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.\nThis 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":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323269681440,"sku":"9780571360581","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780571360581.jpg?v=1785273546","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/last-emperor-of-mexico-edward-shawcross-9780571360581","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}