4/2/2023 0 Comments Castle on the coast of mexicoWhich is not about Maximilian, but as it is largely set in MexicoĬity during his brief reign, he appears no, Maximilian The toolshed, such are the joys) my novel. Years imagining Maximilian daily as I wrestle withĪnd fiddle with (and sometimes just go outside into the gardenĪnd try to stifle the urge to bang my head against the side of How peculiar that this long-dead Austrian aristocrat should be His pale slender fingers pluck a baba au rhum from the He had a narrow soldier's waist, bad teeth and receding It and part it, and apply special lotions as if it were a woman's I can see his brass-buttoned chest riseĪnd fall with breath his beard the color of a copper penny inĬandlelight and the way, every morning, his barber would comb Yet to me,Īn American born nearly a century after that grisly day, Maximilian Stood before an adobe wall and faced a firing squad. Of the Bells), the Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian von Habsburg, On the slope of Querétaro's Cerro de las Campanas (Hill Jan Morris, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere Link to your heart's content, but for permission to reprint, click here. To read the text, scroll on down From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion by C.M. HenryĪward for Best Magazine Journalism Winner, Washington PrizeĪ larger version of this cover featuring Edgar Soberon's painting "From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion,"ĭecember 2006. Of the Mexican Empire, named one of the best books of 2009Ģ006. Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion" Mayo's "Publications" Essays & Articles page >Back to The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire | Blogs | Podcasts | Videos | Interviews | Events Or just wait 10 seconds and it should automatically "refresh"įind out more about this title, please click on the cover: From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion, as essay by C.M.
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