The French Second Empire: An Anatomy Of Political Power
by Roger Price
2021-07-20 00:49:18
The French Second Empire: An Anatomy Of Political Power
by Roger Price
2021-07-20 00:49:18
This thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was able to secure election as President of the Republic and subsequently to launch a coup d''état to establish a Second Empire. It considers the ways in ...
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This thoroughly researched book on the Second Empire examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was able to secure election as President of the Republic and subsequently to launch a coup d''état to establish a Second Empire. It considers the ways in which power was exercised by the new empire and how Napoleon III engaged in a difficult process of transition towards more liberal policies only to experience catastrophic defeat and the destruction of the regime because of war against Prussia.
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