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Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, Hubris, and the Contemptible Betrayal of Paupers Passing Themselves off as Princes
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America’s grotesquely mediocre Emperor
Napoleon’s nephew Louis – who was elected president in 1848, retained power by means of a coup d’état in 1851, and later crowned himself emperor as Napoleon III – seized on this when he ...
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Thoughts on kings
On December 2, 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. During the coronation, he received the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself ...
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Napoleon in Animal Farm
The name also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815. Napoleon himself ...