Author: MICHEL (PRINCE OF GREECE), PRINCE MICHAEL OF GREECE
Title: The Empress of Farewells
Description: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Hardcover. Pp: 420. With the rich historical texture and compelling immediacy of a novel, Prince Michael of Greece tells the story of Charlotte and Maximilian. After Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, brother of Habsburg emperor Franz Josef, they became viceroys of Lombardy-Venetia - until Italian unification left them without a future. Shortly afterward, Napoleon III invaded Mexico, installing Maximilian as its powerless emperor. In Rome to plead for aid from the pope, Charlotte suddenly went mad, while Maximilian was executed before a Mexican firing squad. Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the royal families' archives, Prince Michael of Greece delves into Charlotte's life and the mystery that surrounds it. The result is a compelling, historically illuminating portrait of a remarkable woman. ISBN: 9780871138361. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780871138361
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Title: The Empress of Farewells
Description: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Hardcover. Pp: 420. With the rich historical texture and compelling immediacy of a novel, Prince Michael of Greece tells the story of Charlotte and Maximilian. After Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium, married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, brother of Habsburg emperor Franz Josef, they became viceroys of Lombardy-Venetia - until Italian unification left them without a future. Shortly afterward, Napoleon III invaded Mexico, installing Maximilian as its powerless emperor. In Rome to plead for aid from the pope, Charlotte suddenly went mad, while Maximilian was executed before a Mexican firing squad. Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the royal families' archives, Prince Michael of Greece delves into Charlotte's life and the mystery that surrounds it. The result is a compelling, historically illuminating portrait of a remarkable woman. ISBN: 9780871138361. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780871138361
Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2055030
- Book number: 2055030
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