In The Shadow of Napoleon - The 2nd French Empire Before 1870 I GLORY & DEFEAT

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After Napoleon I had conquered and then lost Europe, France went through multiple revolutions. In 1851, Napoleons nephew and French president Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte took control and in 1852 crowned himself Emperor Napoleon III. The new French Empire wanted to regain the glory of Napoleon's uncle and together with his wife Empress Eugenie he ruled a state known for lavish balls and spending.

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Arand, Tobias: 1870/71. Die Geschichte des Deutsch-Französischen Kriegs erzählt in Einzelschicksalen. Hamburg 2018

Arand, Tobias/ Bunnenberg, Christian (Hrsg.): Karl Klein. Fröschweiler Chronik. Kriegs- und Friedensbilder aus dem Krieg 1870. Kommentierte Edition. Hamburg 2021

Gouttman, Alain. La grande défaite de 1870-1871. Paris 2015

Herre, Franz: Eugénie. Kaiserin der Franzosen. Stuttgart, München 2000

Rieder, Heinz: Napoleon III. Abenteurer und Imperator. München 1998

» SOURCES
Bonaparte, Prince Napoléon-Louis : Des Idées Napoléoniennes. London 1839

Marx, Karl: Der achtzehnte Brumaire des Louis Napoleon. Hamburg 1869

Maupassant, Guy de: Bel-Ami. Paris 1901

N.N. (Hrsg): Fontane, Theodor. Aus den Tagen der Okkupation. Eine Osterreise durch Nordfrankreich und Elsaß-Lothingen 1871. Berlin (Ost) 1984


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Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Cathérine Pfauth, Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander
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