The gut-wrenching account about how a dreamy Austrian Arch-duke was duped by Napoleon III into believing he could not only maintain, but sustain, an emperor's throne in the inhospitable chaos that was old Mexico, as it rocked from one war-torn coup to the next, ending with the final curtain-call of the young prince's life, as he tried desperately to rally his loyal troops - while the whole world watched, but did nothing to intervene. He and his remaining two loyal generals would pay the ultimate price at the hands of a firing squad.