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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