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The Shadow Emperor
Napoleon III is brought out of the shadows of Napoleon Bonaparte by a prize-winning historian: ‘An excellent biography... In these pages, he emerges as the underwriter of modern France... This work’s perceptive synthesis of recent research... and fast-paced narrative will attract general readers.’ Publishers Weekly
The History of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French
Excerpt from The History of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French: Including a Brief Narrative of All the Most Important Events Which Have Occurred in Europe Since the Fall of Napoleon I. Until the Present Time In writing the history of the establishment of the French Empire under Napoleon I., and its overthrow by the allied dynasties of Europe, the author spent four years of severe labor. Fully aware that the judgment of America upon these themes had been formed mainly from the representations of the Tory writers gf England, and that Napoleon had been denounced as a tyrant and a usurper by nearly the uncontradicted voice of English literature, the writer felt the necessity of scrupulous exact...
Napoleon III
Prince Louis Napoleon was born with a compelling sense of destiny. The eldest nephew of Bonaparte, he came from exile and ignominy to rule France, first as President then as Emperor for 22 years, from 1848 to 1870. Under his benevolent dictatorship, the nation grew in artistic fulfilment, industrial wealth and international influence - until catastrophic defeat at the hands of Bismarck in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 cast her back into the shadows.
