Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867

Maximilian in Mexico is a subjective perspective of the French Intervention in Mexico. Maximilian, I was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution on 19 June 1867. A member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Maximilian was the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. He had a distinguished career as commander-in-chief of the Imperial Austrian Navy.