{"product_id":"9780571360581","title":"The Last Emperor of Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is history's judgement on the events surrounding the ill-fated reign of Maximilian of Mexico, the young Austrian archduke who in 1864 crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been convinced to do so by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor promised Maximilian a hero's welcome, which he would ensure with his own mighty military support. Instead, Maximilian walked into a bloody guerrilla war - and with a headful of impractical ideals and a penchant for pomp and butterflies, the so-called new emperor was singularly unequipped for the task. 'The Last Emperor of Mexico' is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode - a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, and a vital debacle, the effects of which would be felt into the twentieth century and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Edward \/ Shawcross","offer_id":44837036753210,"sku":"9780571360581","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/products\/9780571360581_e3144e86-0219-46b6-a5e4-6bf13644b072.jpg?v=1680344416","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/9780571360581","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}