{"product_id":"the-last-emperor-of-mexico-edward-shawcross-9780571360581","title":"The Last Emperor of Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Superbly entertaining.' - Financial Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'Jaw-dropping.' - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating.' - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gripping.' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit anddelusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossedthe Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into thevoyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests\n\u003cbr\u003eabroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero's welcome.Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. With a head full of impracticalideals - and a penchant for pomp and butterflies - the new\n\u003cbr\u003e'emperor' was singularly ill-equipped for what lay in store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode- a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, the effects of which would befelt into the twentieth century and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Shawcross","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43844752113907,"sku":"9780571360581","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780571360581.jpg?v=1690233647","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-last-emperor-of-mexico-edward-shawcross-9780571360581","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}