{"product_id":"the-last-emperor-of-mexico-1","title":"The Last Emperor of Mexico","description":"'Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year  'Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times  'Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times  'Fascinating.' Guardian  'Gripping.' The Times  'Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday Times  In 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into the voyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero's welcome. Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. With a head full of impractical ideals - and a penchant for pomp and butterflies - the new 'emperor' was singularly ill-equipped for what lay in store.  This is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode - a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, the effects of which would be felt into the twentieth century and beyond.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40708524736597,"sku":"9780571360581N","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/47f96748-7bd2-4abf-a581-02b9ce6070fa.jpg?v=1696949781","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-last-emperor-of-mexico-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}