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3: Second Time, a Farce; Rise and Fall of Napoleon III
He has the accent, he has the name, he has the style and even the dates. There is just one problem- he isn't his uncle. In this episode Joseph and Isaac would discuss the reign of Napoleon III, the first truly modern dictator and the one that all 20th century tyrants imitated, even in their delusion that it is the other Bonaparte that they are emulating. (Image: Paul Delaroche, Est-elle bien morte?, Le Charivari 1851).
CORRECTIONS: Napoleon III couldn’t, according to the Constitution of the 2nd Republic stand for re-election, his coup came after he failed to secure a Constitutional amendment that would allow him to do just that. The transportation of Napoleon I's remains to Paris and the failed coup in Boulogne took place in 1840. The battle where Napoleon, as enshrined by myth, directed his cannon to blow up the icy ponds so as to cause the retreating Russian troops to drown was Austerlitz, not Friedland.
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By The Iron RodHe has the accent, he has the name, he has the style and even the dates. There is just one problem- he isn't his uncle. In this episode Joseph and Isaac would discuss the reign of Napoleon III, the first truly modern dictator and the one that all 20th century tyrants imitated, even in their delusion that it is the other Bonaparte that they are emulating. (Image: Paul Delaroche, Est-elle bien morte?, Le Charivari 1851).
CORRECTIONS: Napoleon III couldn’t, according to the Constitution of the 2nd Republic stand for re-election, his coup came after he failed to secure a Constitutional amendment that would allow him to do just that. The transportation of Napoleon I's remains to Paris and the failed coup in Boulogne took place in 1840. The battle where Napoleon, as enshrined by myth, directed his cannon to blow up the icy ponds so as to cause the retreating Russian troops to drown was Austerlitz, not Friedland.