2009, ISBN: 9780469358560

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1889Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company Subjects: EuropeHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Mi… Plus…

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1889Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and company Subjects: EuropeHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Military / World War IIHistory / World Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAPTER IL The Coup D'etat. The FonKtoN Poijcy Of France m 1851. -- The President's Oath. -- Enmity Between The President And The Assem- Bly. -- The Speech At Dijon. -- St. Arnaud And Maupas Appointed To The Ministry. -- The 2d Of December. -- The President's Proclamation Anp The Arrests. -- Dispersion Of The Assembly. -- How The Coup D'ktat Was Managed. -- The Events Of The So. -- The 4ra Of December. -- State Of Affairs On The Boulevard. -- The Massacre And Its Influence. -- Conflict Of Testimony In Regard To The Massacre. -- The President's Responsibility. -- Disposition Of Political Prisoners. -- The President Sustained By The National Vote. -- The Te Deum In Notre Dame. -- The President Becomes Emperor. In the year 1851 France was attracting more attention than any other of the great powers on account of her conspicuous foreign policy. With an army in Rome as a body-guard to the Pope, and an ambassador in Constantinople vigorously claiming the Holy Places at Jerusalem, this policy was strongly suggestive of the Crusades. But the fact, above all, that arrested the attention of the world was the unique experiment then in progress of a republican government, with the heir of the First Napoleon as president. Prince Louis entered upon his duties as president of the French republic December 20,1848. On that day, before the Assembly, he swore to remain faithful to the democratic republic, and declared, My duty is clear. I wi... Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Military History>Military History>Military Hist, Creative Media Partners, LLC Core >1<

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