Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867

A woman's eyewitness memoir of the French intervention in Mexico recounts the diplomatic maneuvers that invited foreign forces, the military campaigns and sieges that brought occupying troops into the capital, and the establishment of an imperial government under a foreign-appointed emperor. It interweaves personal impressions of diplomats, soldiers, and civilians with on-the-ground reporting of military leadership, social life in occupied cities, and the gradual unravelling of foreign support. The narrative follows the retreat of occupying forces, the collapse of the imperial regime, and the capture and execution that ended the episode, with appended documents including proclamations and the treaty that facilitated the expedition.