Napoleon III and his carnival empire
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | 944.07 Nap | 33874001310159 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 0312018274 :
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xx, 439 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 ... Read More
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- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1988.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 411-415. |
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| Subject: | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French 1808-1873 France Kings and rulers Biography France History Second Empire, 1852-1870 |
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| Prologue : Popguns at dawn | ||
| Book one : The path to power. An uncertain paternity | ||
| The Italian escapade | ||
| Scandalous exile | ||
| Fiasco at Boulogne | ||
| Enter Miss Howard | ||
| The miracle of '48 | ||
| The prince-president | ||
| Blood on the boulevards | ||
| Book two : Imperial heyday. Cherchez la femme | ||
| Eugenie's "bold game" | ||
| The model marriage | ||
| The empire means war | ||
| An heir for the empire | ||
| The bombs of Orsini | ||
| To war again | ||
| Problems with Plon-Plon | ||
| Mexican adventure | ||
| The distaff diplomat | ||
| In love again | ||
| The elegant Morny | ||
| "The fair imperial harlot" | ||
| Book three : Decline and fall. Disaster at Sadowa | ||
| Retreat from Mexico | ||
| Napoleon loosens his grip | ||
| Bismarck baits the trap | ||
| Into battle, unprepared | ||
| Catastrophe at Sedan | ||
| The end of empire | ||
| Death in exile | ||
| Postscript : The long twilight |