Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire

Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire
Author :
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages : 613
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781787206694
ISBN-13 : 1787206696
Rating : 4/5 (696 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire by : J. M. Thompson

Download or read book Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire written by J. M. Thompson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. “ONCE again J. M. Thompson has given us a colorful, arresting, and interpretative account of a period of French history—this time of the Second Empire. In this instance, as in previous works, the author makes the biography of a man (Louis Napoleon) the vehicle for a history of a period, thereby infusing the warmth of a very human personality throughout the history of a complex and fateful era. Thus we follow the life of a man who followed his star of fate from youthful refugee to insurrectionist, prisoner, president, emperor, economic reformer, arbiter of a continent, prisoner-of-war, and, alas, to refugee again until death. Nothing of the romance, the contrasts, the shaded significances is lost by the author's telling. Those who have read his French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte cannot fail to discern and appreciate the same trenchant pen and deft brush which restore life and odor to a much-told tale of the past. While Mr. Thompson does not attempt to conceal the faults and mistakes of the man, in the main he joins with some current revisionists in understanding (not justifying) the "crime of December 2nd" and crediting Napoleon Ili with constructive policies at home and abroad and exonerating him of the major responsibility for the outbreak of the war of 1870. The author rightly blames Bismarck and French public opinion of all classes for pushing Louis Napoleon into the war (p. 272) rather than just a small war party and the empress.”-Lynn M. Case


Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire Related Books

Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire
Language: en
Pages: 613
Authors: J. M. Thompson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-11 - Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

GET EBOOK

An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. “ONCE ag
The French Second Empire
Language: en
Pages: 521
Authors: Roger Price
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

This is a most thoroughly researched book on Napoleon III's Second Empire. It makes a vital contribution to the quarter-century of French history following the
Napoleon III and the Second Empire
Language: en
Pages: 112
Authors: Roger D. Price
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

In Napoleon III and the Second Empire, Roger D. Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elec
The Shadow Emperor
Language: en
Pages: 511
Authors: Alan Strauss-Schom
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-29 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

GET EBOOK

A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte exp
Changing France
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Anne Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-01 - Publisher: Anthem Press

GET EBOOK

The French Second Empire (1852-70) was a time of exceptionally rapid social, industrial and technological change. French literature also underwent fundamental c