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Description edit
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court. Even as the American Civil War raged north of the border, a clique of Mexican conservative exiles and clergy convinced Louis... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Maximilian: Add a description of this character.
- Dona Alicia
- Dona Juliana
- Angelo
- Madame Bazaine
- Lupe
- Frau Von Kuhacsevich
- Mrs. Bigelow
- Madame De Iturbide
- Agustin Geronimo
- Mathilde
- Madame Almonte
- Fischer
- Alice
- Ramirez
- Madame Del Barrio
- Carlota
- Bilimek
- Mrs. Green
- Herzfeld
- Don Manuel
- Mrs. Yorke
- Tere
- Franz Joseph
- Blanchot
- Olivia
- Jose Luis
- Kaiser
- Drouyn De Lhuys
- Agustin Cosme
- El Mapache
- Mama
- Weissbmnn
- Dr. Basch
- Bombelles
- Eugenie
- Grace
- Leopold
- Murat
- Don Angel
- Prince Agustin
- Charlie
Setting & Locations edit
- Mexico City
- Charlotte
- Paris
- France
- Washington
- Veracruz
- Vienna
- Trieste
- Europe
- Rome
- United States
- Puebla
- New York
- Austria
- Cuernavaca
- Rio Frio
- Rosedale
- Chapultepec Castle
- Orizaba
- Vatican
- Georgetown
- Philadelphia
- Miramar
- Brazil
- London
- Pepa
- Spain
- England
- Heaven
- Prussia
- Popocatepetl
- Madeira
- Santa Anna
- Brussels
- Novara
- Montezuma
- Naples
- Tuileries
- Calle De San Francisco
- Texas
- Egypt
- Chihuahua
- White House
- New Orleans
- Salvador
- Maryland
- Algeria
- Funchal
First Sentence edit
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Alice Green who lived on what people who don't know any better would call a farm, but which her family called their country estate.
Table of Contents edit
BOOK ONE
The Darling of Rosedale
The Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg, or A E I O U
A Breeze Riffling through an Autumn Forest
BOOK TWO
September 17, 1865: The Prince Is in the Castle
September 18, 1865: Past Midnight
September 19, 1865: Olivia Cannot Understand
September 28, 1865: One Takes It Coolly
November 9, 1865: Her Majesty, en route to Yucatan
November 20, 1865: A Chill in the Air
November 23, 1865: The Charm of Her Existence
November 25, 1865: Pas possible
December 5, 1865: The Widow de Gómez Pedraza, At-Home
December 11, 1865: The Book of the Sea
January 22, 1866: Flowers & Fish & Birds & Butterflies
February 14, 1866: Chez Iturbide
March 1, 1866: Basket of Crabs
March 4, 1866: Río Frío
July 10, 1866: One Stays the Course
August 20, 1866: In the Grand-Hôtel
September 30, 1866: Night in the Eternal City
October 25, 1866: The Road to Orizaba
BOOK THREE
An Unexpected Visitor
The Story of the Story, or An Epilogue by Way of Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- C. M. Mayo (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1936071614
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1936071614
Page Count: 448
Awards edit
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3563.A96389 L37 2009
- Dewey: 813.54
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- C.M. Mayo's home page
- The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire: All about the prince, Maximilian, the court, and more: photos, genealogies, articles, bibliography, links
- Maximilian von Mexiko page: A resource page about Maximilian von Habsburg. Includes the one hour podcast of C.M. Mayo's lecture at the Library of Congress about the extensive archival research behind the novel.
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