The Last Emperor of Mexico - History Hit Book Club with Edward Shawcross
History Hit Book Club • 57m
Matt Lewis and Edward Shawcross, author of The Last Emperor of Mexico, dig into the life and times of Maximilian I of Mexico, the desperate monarchists, French invasion and fraudulent referendum which placed him on the Mexican throne, and the futile war and betrayal which ultimately proved Maximilan's undoing.
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