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napoleon
Title: napoleon
Category: Literature / English
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napoleon
Napoleon III (1808-1873), emperor of the French (1852-1870), who revived the Napoleonic empire in the mid-19th century and led France to defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Paris, the third and last son of King Louis and Queen Hortense of Holland, and thus a nephew of Napoleon I. Because the Bonaparte family was banished from France after his uncle's downfall, Louis Napoleon was educated privately in Switzerland and Bavaria. His …showed first 75 words of 167 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 167 total…of the Napoleonic legend and set his course toward the recovery of family power. Toward that end, he wrote pamphlets and treatises to formulate a political program, portraying himself as social reformer, political liberal, military expert, and proponent of agricultural and industrial development. He also led two unsuccessful armed attempts to overthrow the regime of King Louis Philippe, in 1836 and 1840. Imprisoned for life after the latter, he escaped in 1846, calling renewed attention to himself.
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