Ridley, Jasper, — Maximilian and Juarez.

NY, Ticknor & Fields, (1992). 1st Printing. VG in G DJ. Recounts one of the Tragicomedies of the 19th century. The attemptt by Napoleon III to eetablish Arch Duke Mximmilian of. Austria as the emperor of Mexico. A colorful narrative of this ill-starred undertaking which pitted liberals against conservatisves and the New World against the Old, and ended with the execution of Maximilian, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergencce of the U.S. as a world power.