Napoleon III: the other Napoleon and his Empire.(Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
From: The Magazine Antiques
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Date: 12/1/2002
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Author: Forbes, Christopher
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Pl. I) was proclaimed Napoleon III, emperor of the French, on December 2, 1852. Thirty-seven years after the Battle of Waterloo and thirty-one years after the death of Napoleon I (r. 1804-1815) in exile on the island of Saint Helena, his nephew succeeded against all probability in reestablishing the family on the imperial throne of France. Equally unexpectedly, after eighteen years of stability and unparalleled prosperity, Napoleon III's regime ...
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