Maximilian von Mexiko: works by C.M. Mayo

. C. M. MAYO . AWARD-WINNING LITERARY JOURNALIST & NOVELIST . MAINLY MEXICO, SOMETIMES TEXAS & WELL YONDER

The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
The novel based on the true story.
"Mayo’s cultural insights are first-rate, and the glittering, doomed regime comes to life"
- Library Journal
Selected by Library Journal as one of the best books of 2009

From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion
A nonfiction novela about a fairytale: a journey to Maximilian's castle in Trieste, Italy. Massachusetts Review December 2006. Winner, Washington Writing Prize for Best Personal Essay.

El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano
La novela basada en una historia de la vida real.
(Grijalbo -Random House -Mondadori,
septiembre 2010)

"Partiendo de una concienzuda y afortunada búsqueda en archivos públicos y privados, Mayo logró reunir un caudal de información notable de la que hace uso con bastante desenvoltura....No me queda sino celebrar esta novela, que, comenzando lentamente, termina subyugando por su notable narración."
Pablo Soler Frost, Letras Libres

"Tulpa Max. La vida después de una resurrección"
Letras Libres, junio de 2017

Una forma de decirlo es que los novelistas históricos nos dedicamos al oficio de la resurrección. ¿Pero quién, o qué es lo que precisamente traemos a la vida? Estos personajes surgidos de nuestra imaginación, con todo y que estén basados en seres que fueron alguna vez carnes, sangre y hueso, ¿son capaces de escapar de la página y, como los tulpas de la tradición esotérica tibetana, adquirir su propia voluntad y acechar a sus creadores? En el caso de Maximiliano de Habsburgo... LEER MÁS

"Tulpa Max or, Notes on the Afterlife of a Rescurrection"
Catamaran Literary Reader, Summer 2017

In a manner of speaking, we historical novelists are in the resurrection business. But who, or rather, what precisely is it that we bring to life? These characters infused by our imaginations, yet based on beings who were once flesh, blood, and bone, can they escape the page and, like the tulpas of Tibetan esoteric tradition, take on a will of their own and haunt their creators? In the case of Maximilian von Habsburg... CONTINUE READING

Maximilian ~ Carlota is a blog which launched in July 2010 as an outgrowth of my Maximilian von Mexiko webpage, which I started some years ago to share my research about the Second Empire / French Intervention for The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, my novel based on the true story. The novel was published in English in 2009 and in Spanish in September 2010 as El último príncipe del Imperio mexicano. My files are deep, and readers continue to send me new information, which I would like to share. Updated most Tuesdays. Though the blog is in English, comments are warmly welcome in either English or Spanish.