Empress: A Novel

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A historical novel by a Mexican author, The Empress, is about the tragic reign of Empress Carlota of Mexico. Princess Charlotte, Maximilian von Habsburg's wife, takes on the role of Empress Carlota and rules deftly from behind the scenes. She is trapped in a loveless marriage and has a reckless affair, which puts her fate and the empire at risk.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 06 October 2020
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

From a bestselling author in Mexico comes her English-language debut—an enthralling historical novel about the tragic reign of Empress Carlota of Mexico.

Its 1863. Napoleon III has installed a foreign monarch in Mexico to squash the current regime. Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria accepts the emperors crown. But it is his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Princess Charlotte, who throws herself passionately into the role. Known to the people as Empress Carlota, she rules deftly from behind the scenes while her husband contents himself with philandering and decorating the palace.

But Carlota bears a guilty secret. Trapped in a loveless marriage, shes thrown herself into a reckless affair. Desire has blinded Carlota to its consequences, for it has left her vulnerable to her sole trusted confidante. Carlotas devious lady-in-waiting has political beliefs of her own—and they are strong enough to cause her to betray the empress and join a plot to depose her from the throne.

As Carlota grows increasingly, maddeningly defenseless, both her own fate and that of the empire are at stake.

A sweeping historical novel of forbidden love, dangerous secrets, courtly intrigue, and treachery, The Empress passionately reimagines the tragic romance and ill-fated reign of the most unforgettable royal couple of nineteenth-century Europe during the last throes of the Second Empire.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781542004800