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050	0	0	_aF1233.M45 _bA49 2014
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100	1		_aAmberson, Mary Margaret McAllen, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMaximilian and Carlota : _bEurope's last empire in Mexico / _cM.M. McAllen.
264		1	_aSan Antonio : _bTrinity University Press, _c[2014?]
300			_axii, 521 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 411-500) and index.
510	4		_aBooklist, _cJanuary 01, 2014
510	4		_aPublishers Weekly, _cNovember 25, 2013
520			_a"In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napol�eon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium-including forces from Crimea to Egypt-to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico's Benito Ju�arez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the Confederacy would prevail and take over Mexico. With both sides distracted in the U.S., this was their opportunity to seize territory in North America. In 1867, with aid from the United States, this movement came to a disastrous end both for the royals and for France while ushering in a new era for Mexico. In a bid to oust Ju�arez, Mexican conservatives appealed to European leaders to select a monarch to run their country. Maximilian and Carlota's reign, from 1864 to 1867, was marked from the start by extravagance and ambition and ended with the execution of Maximilian by firing squad, with Carlota on the brink of madness. This epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule, which spans North American and European history at a critical juncture on both continents, shows how Napoleon III's failure to save Maximilian disgusted Europeans and sealed his own fate. Maximilian and Carlota offers a vivid portrait of the unusual marriage of Maximilian and Carlota and of international high society and politics at this critical nineteenth-century juncture. This largely unknown era in the history of the Americas comes to life through this colorful telling of the couple's tragic reign. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
521	1		_aAdult. _bBrodart
521	2		_aAdult. _bBrodart
600	0	0	_aMaximilian, _cEmperor of Mexico, _d1832-1867.
600	0	0	_aCarlota, _cEmpress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, _d1840-1927.
650		0	_aEmperors _zMexico _vBiography.
650		0	_aEmpresses _zMexico _vBiography.
651		0	_aMexico _xHistory _yEuropean intervention, 1861-1867.
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