The Empress

Simon Bruni - translator Laura Martínez-Belli

Released: December 1, 2020
Length: 13 hrs 51 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

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In her English-language debut, bestselling Mexican author Laura Martínez-Belli presents a captivating historical novel centered on the tumultuous reign of Empress Carlota of Mexico in 1863. As Napoleon III installs Maximilian von Habsburg as a foreign monarch, his wife, Princess Charlotte—known as Empress Carlota—quietly navigates the treacherous political landscape, all while engaging in a reckless affair that threatens to unravel her world. With her lady-in-waiting harboring ulterior motives, Carlota finds herself in a perilous situation where love, betrayal, and the fate of an empire hang in the balance. This sweeping tale explores themes of forbidden romance and courtly intrigue against the backdrop of the Second Empire's decline.

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