Maximillian's Lieutenant - Personal History of the Mexican Campaign, 1864-7

This is the diary of a young Austrian army officer who went off as a mercenary to Mexico as part of an ill-judged campaign by the European powers to impose a settlement on Mexico''s internal political conflicts and to establish Maximillian as Emperor. Unlike many of his companions, he escaped execution to return to Austria. The diary reveals a sympathetic and appealing character, and sheds light on a disastrous campaign. The translator and editor, Gordon Etherington-Smith, is a descendant of the Pitner family.>

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Pitner, Ernest (Austria) Pitner, Pitner Ernest
• Assisted by: Gordon Etherington-Smith (Translation), Etherington-Smith Gordon (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781350184664
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18466-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, Autobiography: historical, political & military, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of the Americas, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Mercenaries