THE LAST PRINCE
OF THE MEXICAN EMPIRE
Unbridled Books Now available in paperback
and e-book
A novel
based on the true story Selected
one of Library Journal's
Best Books of 2009
"a
swashbuckling, riotous good time, befitting the fairy-tale promise
of the opening sentence." Austin
American-Statesman
Who knew that
Mexico once had a half-American prince? Or that this little boy’s
future was hotly debated not just in Mexico but in Washington
D.C. and in every court in Europe? Set in the mid-19th century
when Maximilian von Habsburg was Emperor of Mexico, The Last
Prince of the Mexican Empire is based on the true and never
before completely told story about the little boy who, as in
a fairytale, became a prince— and a pawn
in the struggle-to-the-death over Mexico's destiny.
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"A fascinating
historical
account delivered in such sweeping, compelling prose as to ring more
like literature than fact—and, fundamentally, one could
say that it’s both; it proves false that old Dorothy Parker
adage about historical novels being neither novels nor history.
This is an extensively
researched and brilliantly organized book, combining geopolitics, international
finance, military strategy, and, alas, the eternal struggle of
a family, a child, and the human heart in the midst of it all...
Mayo, who has lived in Mexico for many years and has written
extensively about its history and culture, is the author of a
travel memoir about Baja California, among other works. Her literary
style is seasoned,
intelligent, and wonderfully informed." Himilce
Novas, Multicultural Review
A fairytale
based on the true but never before completely told story—
the work of seven years of travel and research in archives as
far flung as Vienna, Washington DC, and Mexico City— it begins,
as it must, with, "Once upon a time..." read
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