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The Last Prince Of The Mexican Empire (2009)

by C.M. Mayo(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

193296164X (ISBN13: 9781932961645)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Unbridled Books

review 1: What an enjoyable book! I read it in Spanish, and being mexican myself I can tell that it was a real pleasure. You can tell there is a huge research behind it, and a great respect for Mexico, its history and its people, which is not always seen in foreign writers' books about Mexico. It is written as a fiction, not as an historical document, and it takes you through one of the most captivating periods of Mexican life as a nation. The description of the main characters is absolutely beautiful, and the actual written "paintings" of the scenary is sometimes breath-taking. One thing: it is supposed to be the story of the last mexican prince and I would have loved the author to concentrate a little bit more on him. There are parts when we almost forget the importance of that l... moreittle man, lost in the tragedy of Maximilien and Charlotte, and the intrigues of Bazaine, Fischer and Princess Iturbide. The fact that it presents different perspectives and almost each chapter is written from a different character's point of view, only enriches the reading. I really liked it. As it is stated at the end of the book, it is the story of what being mexican could have meant. A lost opportunity? Perhaps.
review 2: Came into it with high expectations and was a bit let down. The history was very interesting and something I was not that familiar with but it soon got bogged down with so many characters that came and went and really didn't seem to add much to the story. All of a sudden some pages after, they would reappear and I would need to go back and see who exactly they were.It was a very long book and it seemed the writer got tired after a while and decided simply to stop and finish. less

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