The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (Hardcover)

from catarina1

Well documented historical fiction about Mexico and an episode that spanned only a few years - a rather odd tale of Maxmillian from europe brought by conservatives in Mexico to that country to rule. The bones of the story have been well described already by the numerous reviews here. The author h...

from Myckyee

Based on a true story, this novel describes the events surrounding Maximilian's time as emperor of Mexico in the 1860's. With his wife Carlotta, the emperor rules the unstable country amidst intrigues from Napoleon's military machine that have been sent to Mexico to keep the peace and support Max...

from schwager

I thoroughly enjoyed C. M. Mayo's historical fiction The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire. The language was poetic and beautiful and I found myself lingering over this book rather than "gobbling it down." The characters were written with a sense of life and Mayo's style changed accurately with t...

from PallanDavid

Mexico in the past 150 - 200 years. What exactly is the story? Maximilian was Emperor of Mexico; brother to the Kaiser of Austria of the House of Hapsburg; backed by the French. Between 1865 and 1867 he ruled Mexico. The Mexican people did not like this and they rebelled. Maximilian was arrested,...

from RoseCityReader

C. M. Mayo's The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is the historically accurate, fictionalized account of Emperor Maximilian's short reign over Mexico in the 1860s. Mayo's hook is Maximilian's “adoption” of the half-American grandson of the first Emperor of Mexico, General Agustín de Iturbide. Th...