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Book Condition: Used Near Fine X-Lib
Jacket condition: Near Fine DJ & Poly Cover.
Seller: Eve's Reads

United States
About Item: Minimal library distinctions, Pocket excised from BLEP, leaving a rectangular cut, else contents appear unread & unblemished in fine black cloth covered boards.DJ & Poly cover displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. KIRKUS REVIEW The sad chimney corner tale of the death of an emperor and his consort -- the handsome but hapless Hapsburg, Maximilian, and his Belgian bride -- who in spite of their steadfast pursuit of imperialistic chimeras still represent the tragedy of innocence used and destroyed. More or less shunted aside by his less well favored older brother, Franz Joseph of Austria, Maximilian, buoyant, popular, with a heady idealism not yet soured, married good looking, competent Charlotte of Belgium. After a sojourn in Italy and a honeymoon idyll at their retreat at Miramar, the two were persuaded by the Hapsburgs and Louis Napoleon III to accept the "crown" of Mexico in an agreement with Mexican conservatives. But the golden vision became a Sargasso… Read More
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