163. The Last Emperor of Mexico
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And it comes across, absolutely brilliantly, in a new book, The Last Emperor of Mexico, by Edward Shawcross.
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The host mentions 'The Last Emperor of Mexico' to highlight the extraordinary and bizarre story of Maximilian von Hab…
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“Ed, so you have a brilliant passage in your book where you describe how, you know, you're trying to get the people to understand how Maximilian Carlotta and all their gang come from Veracruz to Mexico City.”
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