Maximilian and Juárez by Jasper Godwin Ridley

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In an ill-starred undertaking, Napoleon III attempted to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the Emperor of Mexico. The move pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old-and ended with Maximilian's execution, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power. "It is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today."-Antonia Fraser.
  • Maximilian and Juárez
  • Jasper Godwin Ridley
  • Very Good
  • Biography & Autobiography, History
  • 353
  • Ticknor & Fields
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In an ill-starred undertaking, Napoleon III attempted to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the Emperor of Mexico. The move pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old-and ended with Maximilian's execution, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power. "It is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today."-Antonia Fraser.
  • Maximilian and Juárez
  • Jasper Godwin Ridley
  • Very Good
  • Biography & Autobiography, History
  • 353
  • Ticknor & Fields
In an ill-starred undertaking, Napoleon III attempted to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the Emperor of Mexico. The move pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old-and ended with Maximilian's execution, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power. "It is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today."-Antonia Fraser.
  • Maximilian and Juárez
  • Jasper Godwin Ridley
  • Very Good
  • Biography & Autobiography, History
  • 353
  • Ticknor & Fields