Maximilian and Juárez by Jasper Godwin Ridley Bio " As a writer

" As a writer

the Evil Librarians series

crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium

in language at once harsh and poetic

New York Times-bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts

Maximilian and Juárez by Jasper Godwin Ridley Bio " As a writerIn an ill starred undertaking, Napoleon III attempted to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the Emperor of Mexico. The move pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old and ended with Maximilian's execution, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power. "It is also essential reading to understand the history of the United States today." Antonia Fraser.