The Empress of Farewells: The Story of Charlotte, Empress of Mexico
With the rich historical texture and compelling immediacy of a novel, Prince Michael of Greece tells the story of Charlotte and Maximilian. After Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, brother of Habsburg emperor Franz Josef, they became viceroys of Lombardy-Venetia — until Italian unification left them without a future. Shortly afterward, Napoleon III invaded Mexico, installing Maximilian as its powerless emperor. In Rome to plead for aid from the pope, Charlotte suddenly went mad, while Maximilian was executed before a Mexican firing squad. Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the royal families' archives, Prince Michael of Greece delves into Charlotte's life and the mystery that surrounds it. The result is a compelling, historically illuminating portrait of a remarkable woman.
- Author
- Prince Michael of Greece
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780871138361
- Characters
- Carlota of Mexico, Maximilian I of Mexico
- Genres
- history, biography, adult, france
- Release date
- 2002
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