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Archduke
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Writings
by C.M. Mayo
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.
Now
available as an audio CD!
Bibliography
Archive of
Kaiser Maximilian von Mexiko, Library of Congress
Archive of Agustin de Iturbide, Library of Congress
>>To listen to C.M. Mayo's
7/20/2009 lecture at the Library of Congress, click here.
Archive of Kaiser Maximilian von Mexiko, Haus, Hof und Staatarchiv,
Vienna
Links and
information about these collections, as well as many publications,
to be posted soon
Selected
Bibliography for the novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican
Empire
Includes links to
mini-reviews and other on-line resources.
See also: Michael
Organ's extensive on-line bibliography
Texts
Available On-line at www.cmmayo.com
Adiós
Mamá Carlota
About the Mexican
Protest Song of 1866: notes and two newspaper articles circa
1927
Reglamento
y ceremonial de la Corte, Mexico, 1866.
Maximilian and Carlota's book of court etiquette, 1866 edition.
La
Muerte del Emperador por Dr Szender Ede
Spanish translation
of a newspaper article published in Hungary in 1876, by Dr Szender
Ede, who participated in the autopsy.
The
Treaty of Miramar
The
complete text, including the additional secret articles, of the
treaty signed by the Emperor Louis Napoleon and Emperor Maximilian
in Miramar Castle, 1864.
Señora
doña Cordelia Jordan de Degollado: Una dama de la corte
de Carlota Excelsior newspaper article, July 20, 1923. An
interview with the widow of Mariano Degollado, shortly before
the ex-Empress Carlota's death.
 Monseñor
Eulogio Gillow: Los dos nietos de Iturbide, Agustín y
Salvador
From his biography, Reminencias, published in Los Angeles
California, 1921.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Photographs
On-line at www.cmmayo.com
 Maximilian's Miramar Castle in Trieste,
Italy
Photos of Maximilian's residence, which was constructed in the
1860s, just before and during his years in Mexico.
 Maximilian in Querétaro
A few of my photos from a recent visit.
 Maximilian's
"El Olvido" in Acapatzingo, Morelos
A few photos from a recent visit to Maximilian's private country
retreat, now an ethnobotanic garden and museum of folk medicine.
 Chapultepec Castle,
Mexico City
A few photos from a recent visit, as well as many links to more.
More photos related to the novel, the Iturbides, and the Second
Empire here.
Links
to Other Websites
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William
Marshall Anderson: An American in Maximilian's Mexico
The
colonist from Kentucky. With photos and links.
Charlotte's
Letters and Photographs Exhibit
The collection in
Houston's Rice University of correspondence and others papers
of Charlotte and Maximilian's chef du cabinet,
the Belgian advisor
Felix Eloin. The website includes a good collection of rare photographs.
La
Casa Imperial de Mexico
A fascinating and
beautifully made website about the Mexican monarchy,
with many rare documents and photos pertaining to the Iturbide
family.
This is the best page about the Iturbide family on the web, hands
down.
Patricia
Galeana
Mexican historian, author of numerous works, including Relaciones
Iglesia-Estado durante el Segundo Imperio. Also, click
here to listen to her podcast on Benito Juarez and Maximilian, with historian Dr Konrad
Ratz.
Hapsburgs
All
about the Hapsburgs (also spelled Habsburgs), a website by Juraj
Lisiak
Susanne
Igler
German researcher
and writer, specialist on Carlota, and more. Author of Carlota de México.
Maximilian
I Emperor of Mexico
A webpage about Dr Julius Augustus Skilton and Maximilian's portrait
and saddle.
The
Mexican Adventure
Part of Glenn Jewison
and Jorg C. Steiner's excellent website on the organizational
history of the and forces of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Contains
several biographies of key officers, a bibliography, and a chronology.
Miramar
Castle (Il Castello di Miramare)
Maximilian's castle
in Trieste, Italy.
Michael
Organ's The Austrian Imperial Frigate SMS Novara
This
is the frigate that brought Maximilian and Carlota to Mexico.
Read all about it-- with many rare pictures--- on this excellent
website.
Monarchist
Movement of Mexico
Definitely different!
Das
österreichische Freiwilligenkorps in Mexiko 1864-67
About the Austrian volunteers in Mexico. In German. Extensive.
Konrad
Ratz, Historian
German language
webpage. Includes information about his original research and
many books on Maximilian and Charlotte. Also, a fascinating paper
in Spanish on Maximilian's doctors. Update: Dr Ratz's webpage
is down. but be be sure to have a look at his important new book,
Tras
las huellas de un desconocido: Nuevos datos y aspectos de Maximiliano
de Habsburgo
(Siglo
XXI/ Conaculta / INAH, 2008).
Sara
Yorke Stevenson Society
Sara Yorke Stevenson
is the author of the brilliant memoir, Maximilian in Mexico:
A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867,
New York: 1899. She went on to a stellar career in as an
Egyptologist, among other things. You can see her photo of this
webpage.
Wikipedia:
Maximilian I of Mexico
Wikipedia entry
on Maximilian: extensive but caveat: it's a wiki. Not always
reliable.
Art
(Musicals, Movies, Opera, Paintings, Plays) Inspired by Maximilian
and Carlota
Carlota
-- The Grand Opera
All about composer
Robert Avalon and his opera about the doomed Empress of Mexico.
Juarez
The
film with Bette Davis as Carlota.
Juarez
and Maximilian
Play by Franz Werfel.
Las
noticias del Imperio (News from the Empire)
A
novel by Mexican writer Fernando del Paso.
La
Loca de Bachout
A
blog post with links about "La Loca de Bachout" a monologue
in Spanish in the character of the Empress Carlota.
The
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
A webpage about my
historical novel based on the true story by C.M. Mayo (Yours
Truly). Excerpt, bibliography, photographs, Q & A, and more.
Manet
and the Execution of Maximilian Timeline
Excellent website
(and very handy timeline) maintained by the Museum of Modern
Art in New York City (aporpos of the special exhibition of Manet's
paintings)
Maximilian:
Der Traum einer Krone
Parts of the German musical by Konrad and Wolfgang Ratz, on-line
at MySpace.
Maximiliano:
El sueño de una corona
The musical by Konrad and Wolfgang Ratz, on-line at MySpace,
in Spanish.
More links coming soon...
Misc.
Articles and Papers Available On-line
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"Maximilian
and Mexico's First Steps Toward the Global Marketplace (1864-1866)"
By Dr
Robert H. Duncan
"Only
"Selected" German Immigrants in Yucatán? Recent
Findings about the Colonization Policy of the Second Mexican
Empire" Paper presented at the 11th Deutschsprachige Mesoamerikanisten
Tagung in Hildesheim, Germany (26th, 27th, January, 2008)
By Alma
Duran-Merk
"Los
colonos alemanes en Yucatán durante el Segundo Imperio
Mexicano" Conferencia dictada el 12 de marzo de 2008 en
la Sala José Martí (Mérida Yucatán,
México) en ocasión del nombramiento de Alma Durán-Merk
como Miembro Asociado de la Cátedra Nuestra América
por la Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas de la Universidad
Autónoma de Yucatán
By Alma
Duran-Merk
"When
Mexico Had the Blues: A Transatlantic Tale of Bonds, Bankers,
and Nationalists 1862-1910"
By Steven
C. Topik
"A
Court Ball at the Palace of Mexico"
By William
Wells. The Overland Monthly, 1868
Books
Available On-line
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Maximilian
in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention
1862-1867
by Sara Yorke
Stevenson
Proceso
de Fernando Maximiliano de Habsburgo, Miguel Miramón y
Tomas Mejía
(The
Trial of Maximilian von Habsburg and the Generals Miguel Miramon
and Tomas Mejia) with an introduction by Chantal Lopez and
Omar Cortez.
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