The introductory page of my book that is as follows:
Ferdinand Maximilian of Hapsburg, only two years younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria will, character, completely different from firstborn.
Jovial and well prepared to the beauties of nature, an admirer of art and poetry that he himself practiced, had opened in his imagination the advantages and limitations of their personality. Francis Joseph, however, more concrete and realistic, must face the burden of commitment dynastic which lasted for sixty years (1848-1916).
Massimiliano, according to birth in the hierarchy of the House of Austria, on both occasions that will arise, the Governor of Lombardy-Venetia (1857-59) and the even more prestigious Emperor of Mexico (1864-67 ), to redeem his dynastic position and can be best applied, through his government, his reformist inclinations.
It will be in Mexico with the hopes and illusions of easy Masimiliano will collide with the hard reality of the country, also involved in a guerrilla tough and relentless.
the morning of June 19 1867 Maximilian, with two of his generals, will be shot on the hill "Cerro bell", which is located a few kilometers from the city of Queretaro.
The head of the guerrilla, indium Benito Juarez, discounts and did not, moreover, in a ruthless war that did not include prisoners, loser pays with his life.
It was concluded that the existence of Maximilian, and I believe that some verses of a poem can better represent his tragedy:
"I do not want to die in a valley
"I do not want to die in a valley
look hampered by extreme limits:
I would die on a mountain
in a golden sunset "
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