{"product_id":"last-emperor-of-mexico","title":"Last Emperor Of Mexico By Shawcross, Edward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Superbly entertaining.’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Jaw-dropping.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fascinating.’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gripping.’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into the voyage by a duplicitous Napoleon III. Keen to spread his own interests abroad, the French emperor had promised Maximilian a hero’s welcome. Instead, he walked into a bloody guerrilla war. With a head full of impractical ideals – and a penchant for pomp and butterflies – the new ‘emperor’ was singularly ill-equipped for what lay in store.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the vivid history of this barely known, barely believable episode – a bloody tragedy of operatic proportions, the effects of which would be felt into the twentieth century and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57569486831998,"sku":"NW9780571360581","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571360581.jpg?v=1783103589","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/last-emperor-of-mexico","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}