Last Emperor

\'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 TimesIn 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. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm