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Operation Mincemeat

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

par Ben Macintyre ...

NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES •NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.” —Joseph Kanon, The Washington Post Book WorldThe “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES •NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.” —Joseph Kanon, The Washington Post Book WorldThe “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest
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Street Gang

The Complete History of Sesame Street

par Michael Davis ...

**Now an acclaimed documentary from Screen Media, the New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, and beloved shows in the history of television: Sesame Street.“Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book . . . Finally, we get to touch Big Bird's feathers.” —The New York Times Book Review**Sesame Street is the ... En savoir plus

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**Now an acclaimed documentary from Screen Media, the New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, and beloved shows in the history of television: Sesame Street.“Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in his book . . . Finally, we get to touch Big Bird's feathers.” —The New York Times Book Review**Sesame Street is the
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The Great Influenza

The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

par John M. Barry ...

**#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates"Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune**The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of ... En savoir plus

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**#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates"Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune**The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of
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One Summer

America, 1927

par Bill Bryson ...

In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer ... En savoir plus

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In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer
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American Psychosis

A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

par David Corn ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harrowing story of the Republican Party’s decades-long relationship with far-right extremism, bigotry, and paranoia.A fast-paced, rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power, American Psychosis offers ... En savoir plus

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harrowing story of the Republican Party’s decades-long relationship with far-right extremism, bigotry, and paranoia.A fast-paced, rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power, American Psychosis offers
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Anne Of Green Gables Complete 8 Book Set

par L. M. Montgomery ...

This ebook compiles Lucy Maud Montgomery's complete 'Anne of Green Gables' novels, including "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Windy Poplars", "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By ... En savoir plus

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This ebook compiles Lucy Maud Montgomery's complete 'Anne of Green Gables' novels, including "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Windy Poplars", "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By
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1929

Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

par Andrew Ross Sorkin ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.”—The Wall Street JournalA New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Katie Couric Media, and HistoryFrom the bestselling author of Too Bi... ... En savoir plus

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.”—The Wall Street JournalA New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post, TIME, The Economist, Air Mail, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Katie Couric Media, and HistoryFrom the bestselling author of Too Bi...
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The Onion Field

par Joseph Wambaugh ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”—Truman CapoteThis is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.“A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”—Truman CapoteThis is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.“A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and
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The Witches Are Coming

par Lindy West ...

In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu series Shrill exposes misogyny in the #MeToo era.This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you.From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In ... En savoir plus

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In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu series Shrill exposes misogyny in the #MeToo era.This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you.From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In
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Redemption

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last 31 Hours

par Joseph Rosenbloom ...

An “immersive, humanizing, and demystifying” look at the final hours of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America (Charles Blow, New York Times).“King comes to life in death—a courage ever so inspiring.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the BeginningAt 10:33 a.m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... En savoir plus

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An “immersive, humanizing, and demystifying” look at the final hours of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America (Charles Blow, New York Times).“King comes to life in death—a courage ever so inspiring.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the BeginningAt 10:33 a.m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Colonel Roosevelt

par Edmund Morris ...

Collections Livre 3 - Theodore Roosevelt
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington PostThis biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington PostThis biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and
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A History of Canada in Ten Maps

Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land

par Adam Shoalts ...

**Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor PrizeShortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionThe sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s never been told before.**Every map tells a story. And every map has a purpose--it invites us to go somewhere we've never been. It’s ... En savoir plus

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**Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor PrizeShortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionThe sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s never been told before.**Every map tells a story. And every map has a purpose--it invites us to go somewhere we've never been. It’s
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The Curve Of Time

par M. Wylie Blanchet ...

"Time did not exist; or if it did it did not mater. Our world then was both wide and narrow—wide in the immensity of the sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making…"This is the fascinating true adventure story of a woman who packed her five children onto a twenty-five-foot boat and explored the coastal ... En savoir plus

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"Time did not exist; or if it did it did not mater. Our world then was both wide and narrow—wide in the immensity of the sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making…"This is the fascinating true adventure story of a woman who packed her five children onto a twenty-five-foot boat and explored the coastal
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The Diligent

A Voyage Through the Worlds Of The Slave Trade

par Robert Harms ...

The groundbreaking history of the Atlantic slave trade, winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize, the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and the J. Russell Major Prize.In The Diligent, acclaimed historian Robert Harms reveals the complex workings of the slave trade by drawing on the private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand to recreate the macabre journey of a French slave ship.The Diligent ... En savoir plus

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The groundbreaking history of the Atlantic slave trade, winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize, the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and the J. Russell Major Prize.In The Diligent, acclaimed historian Robert Harms reveals the complex workings of the slave trade by drawing on the private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand to recreate the macabre journey of a French slave ship.The Diligent
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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

par Jill Lepore ...

**Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearBest Books of August: Barnes & Noble, GoodreadsA New York Times New and Notable Title“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.” —Jaron Lanier, author of ... En savoir plus

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**Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearBest Books of August: Barnes & Noble, GoodreadsA New York Times New and Notable Title“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.” —Jaron Lanier, author of
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The Wreck of the Mentor

A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

par Eric Jay Dolin ...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story.” —Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street JournalNew York Times • “The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”Goodreads • "Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer… and the Rest of the Year!"Kirkus Reviews • "40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026"Book Riot • Best New Nonfiction Releases of 2026An ... En savoir plus

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**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An exciting and at times almost unbelievably dramatic story.” —Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street JournalNew York Times • “The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”Goodreads • "Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of Summer… and the Rest of the Year!"Kirkus Reviews • "40 Hottest Reads for Summer of 2026"Book Riot • Best New Nonfiction Releases of 2026An
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More Money Than God

Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

par Sebastian Mallaby ...

**The New York Times bestseller“The bright light shed by More Money Than God is particularly welcome. Mr. Mallaby . . . brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject and a vivid narrative style.” —Wall Street Journal**“Splendid . . . the definitive history of the hedge fund history, a compelling narrative full of larger-than-life characters and dramatic tales of their financial triumphs ... En savoir plus

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**The New York Times bestseller“The bright light shed by More Money Than God is particularly welcome. Mr. Mallaby . . . brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject and a vivid narrative style.” —Wall Street Journal**“Splendid . . . the definitive history of the hedge fund history, a compelling narrative full of larger-than-life characters and dramatic tales of their financial triumphs
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A Flower Traveled in My Blood

The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children

par Haley Cohen Gilliland ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 • THE WASHINGTON POST’S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 • THE ATLANTIC’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025“[An] astonishing story…Powerful…Harrowing…Absorbing and lucid…You would have... ... En savoir plus

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 • THE WASHINGTON POST’S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 • THE ATLANTIC’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2025“[An] astonishing story…Powerful…Harrowing…Absorbing and lucid…You would have...
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Rewinding The ’80s

Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War

par John Malahy ...

Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of ’80s cinema—with profiles of hundreds of films—and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflected a period of cultural change.The movies were flying blind in 1980. “New Hollywood” was over and the era of auteur-driven, personal films that had defined moviemaking since the late ‘60s came to a ... En savoir plus

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Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of ’80s cinema—with profiles of hundreds of films—and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflected a period of cultural change.The movies were flying blind in 1980. “New Hollywood” was over and the era of auteur-driven, personal films that had defined moviemaking since the late ‘60s came to a
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Up on Cove Mountain

Adventure, Tragedy, and a Quest for Meaning on the Appalachian Trail

par Earl Swift ...

"An extraordinary portrait of the AT." —Outside34 years after hiking the Appalachian Trail, Earl Swift returned, haunted by a tragedy that befell two of his fellow hikers . . ."A deeply personal meditation on death, aging and nature." —New York Times"A masterpiece of the trail." —Radical Grammar“A helluva book.” —John GrishamIn 1990, a youthful Earl Swift backpacked the Appalachian Trail from ... En savoir plus

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"An extraordinary portrait of the AT." —Outside34 years after hiking the Appalachian Trail, Earl Swift returned, haunted by a tragedy that befell two of his fellow hikers . . ."A deeply personal meditation on death, aging and nature." —New York Times"A masterpiece of the trail." —Radical Grammar“A helluva book.” —John GrishamIn 1990, a youthful Earl Swift backpacked the Appalachian Trail from
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Too Big to Fail

The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

par Andrew Ross Sorkin ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington“Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington“Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told
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Seabiscuit

An American Legend

par Laura Hillenbrand ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a ... En savoir plus

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a
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Dominion

The Railway and the Rise of Canada

par Stephen Bown ...

A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late ... En savoir plus

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A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late
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The Last Emperor of Mexico

The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

par Edward Shawcross ...

The “superbly entertaining and well‑researched” (Financial Times) history of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences.In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and ... En savoir plus

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The “superbly entertaining and well‑researched” (Financial Times) history of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences.In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico. They and
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