Louis Napoleon of France

(Original Caption) Louis Napoleon at Boulogne. The Nephew of the Great Napoleon Attempts an Uprising and is Imprisoned. Even a republic must have a head, and the man elected by all Frenchmen to be the head of their suddenly created republic of 1848 was that very remarkable man Louis Bonaparte, better known as Napoleon III. Louis Bonaparte, or Louis Napoleon, as he called himself, passed a life of marvelous vicissitudes. Born as the son of a king when Napoleon I had raised all his family to royal rank, young Louis had lost everything in 1815 and become an exile from France. Wherever any people had rebelled against oppression, Louis had joined them, fighting as a champion of liberty. Perhaps even then he recognized the force of the republican movement upon the crest of which he was to mount. Twice during Louis Philippe's reign, Louis Napoleon tried to rouse a republican rebellion in
(Original Caption) Louis Napoleon at Boulogne. The Nephew of the Great Napoleon Attempts an Uprising and is Imprisoned. Even a republic must have a head, and the man elected by all Frenchmen to be the head of their suddenly created republic of 1848 was that very remarkable man Louis Bonaparte, better known as Napoleon III. Louis Bonaparte, or Louis Napoleon, as he called himself, passed a life of marvelous vicissitudes. Born as the son of a king when Napoleon I had raised all his family to royal rank, young Louis had lost everything in 1815 and become an exile from France. Wherever any people had rebelled against oppression, Louis had joined them, fighting as a champion of liberty. Perhaps even then he recognized the force of the republican movement upon the crest of which he was to mount. Twice during Louis Philippe's reign, Louis Napoleon tried to rouse a republican rebellion in
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514896582
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Date created:
01 January, 1900
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RF367
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