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    E X C E R P T S



    From
    the opening of the novel, "The Darling of
    Rosedale" 



    From later in the first chapter, a scene in Washington
    DC in the late 1850s
    when
    Angelo de Iturbide was the secretary for the Mexican Legation.



    From the second chapter, "The Archduke Maximilian"



    From the chapter "November
    25, 1865: The Charm of Her Existence" U.S. Minister
    John Bigelow's interview with Alicia Green de Iturbide in Paris.



    From the chapter "January
    22, 1866: Flowers & Fish & Birds & Butterflies"
    set in Cuernavaca, a scene Frau von Kuhascsevich, the overburdened
    Mistress of the Imperial Household.



    From the chapter "March
    4, 1866: Río Frío" about the ill-fated
    visit of the Belgian Delegation.



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