After taking a tour of the Imperial Palace in Mexico City the other day, and naturally getting a picture of me standing in front of the statue of Emperor Agustin I, I was looking in one of the local magazines, which had an article on a new book that was just published and is causing a bit of a stir.
Its an alternative history novel based on the early years of the Mexican state, and seems to detail the fall of the Mexican Empire. It's unsurprisingly bothering some of the hard core monarchists, though most people seem to be taking issue more with how things go for Mexico in the book after the Monarchy is gone more than it not being possible.
What are folks here's thoughts? I personally don't know if Mexico would have had some of the problems in its first decade that the book suggests, but then again history can be weird.
Its an alternative history novel based on the early years of the Mexican state, and seems to detail the fall of the Mexican Empire. It's unsurprisingly bothering some of the hard core monarchists, though most people seem to be taking issue more with how things go for Mexico in the book after the Monarchy is gone more than it not being possible.
What are folks here's thoughts? I personally don't know if Mexico would have had some of the problems in its first decade that the book suggests, but then again history can be weird.