Maximilian and Juarez - Jasper Godwin Ridley - Hardcover | Rent 9780899199894

by Ridley, Jasper

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ISBN-13: 9780899199894
ISBN: 0899199895
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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Ridley, Jasper

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In an ill-starred undertaking, Napoleon III attempted to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the Emperor of Mexico. The move pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old-and ended with Maximilian's execution, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power. "It is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today."-Antonia Fraser.Ridley, Jasper is the author of 'Maximilian and Juarez - Jasper Godwin Ridley - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780899199894 and ISBN 0899199895.

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