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001			061042
005			20231009193117.0
008			092909s2009 ilu 000 1 eng
010			_a2008048684
020			_a9781564785336
050	0	0	_aPQ7298.26.A76 _bN6813 2009
082	0	0	_aLAS FIC PAS
100	1		_aPaso, Fernando del _d, 1935-
240	1	0	_aNoticias del Imperio _l. English
245	1	0	_aNews from the Empire _c/ Fernando del Paso ; translation by Alfonso Gonzalez and Stella T. Clark
260			_aChampaign, Ill. _b: Dalkey Archive Press _c, 2009.
300			_a704 p. _c; 23 cm.
520			_aOperatic and beautiful, del Paso's lush cautionary tale of empire building chronicles the brief and disastrous reign of Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria and Marie Charlotte (Carlota) of Belgium, emperor and empress of Mexico from 1863 to 1867. Seeking to redefine herself, Carlota embraces her new role as empress while Max flounders. They are usurpers, and while Benito Juarez, rightful ruler of the republic, abandons the capital to them, the seat of power stays with him as he watches from the periphery and refuses to acknowledge European rule. Desperate, spiraling into madness and wary of impending disaster, Carlota sails to Europe and begs the European monarchies for help that will never arrive. Outliving everyone, Carlota, elderly and insane, still in love with both her lost husband and her lost empire, is left to lament of Mexico, "I am mother to them all because, Maximilian, I am their history and I am mad." This moving and engaging epic about the twilight of European monarchy and the struggles of the people they imposed themselves on may be considered a Mexican War and Peace.
600	1	4	_aMaximilian, Emperor of Mexico _d, 1832-1867 _v--Fiction
600		4	_aCarlota _c, Empress, constort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico _d(, 1840-1927) _v--Fiction
651		4	_aMexico _x--History _v--Fiction
655		7	_aHistorical fiction
700	1		_aGonzalez, Alfonzo _d, 1938-
700	1		_aClark, Stella T.
942			_cMO
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