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The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III
By Strauss-Schom, Alan
- ISBN
- 9781250057785 9781466861688
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on June 15, 2018 | Social Sciences
Strauss-Schom (One Hundred Days) sheds much-needed light on France's Second Empire in this compelling biography of Emperor Louis-Napoleon III (1808–73). Raised in reverence of his famous uncle, Louis's single-minded determination to reestablish a Bonaparte empire carried him through an unsettled youth and two failed coup attempts to become president then emperor of a France little changed since Napoleon I's defeat at Wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
