The Last Emperor of Mexico (TRIH ep 163)
1864 · Resource
This episode features historian Edward Shawcross discussing his book The Last Emperor of Mexico with hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They trace the improbable episode in which Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of the Habsburgs, backed by Napoleon III, becomes Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico during the French intervention (1861–1867).
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Around 1864
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