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August 19, 2009
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire Video Trailer
This is a Mexico of palaces, of pine forests, harpsichords, Arab daggers, and Viennese bonbons, a long ago Mexico when the ex-Archduke of Austria, Maximilian von Habsburg, sat on the “cactus” throne, invited by a clique of Mexican conservatives, blessed by the Pope, backed by the French Imperial Army— and opposed, in a struggle-to-the-death, by the Mexican Republic’s President Benito Juárez and his ally, the United States.
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I thoroughly enjoyed C. M. Mayo’s historical fiction The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire. The language was poetic and beautiful and I found myself lingering over this book rather than “gobbling it down.” The characters were written with a sense of life and Mayo’s style changed accurately with them. The ability to weave a story through the lens of so many social classes and personalities makes it all the more enjoyable to read. I especially enjoyed the differing perspectives on the political situation as it added great background knowledge.
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