70734X1 Reprint Edition. The Norton Library Editon. W. W. Norton & Company, New York: 1953. 342 pages. Softcover. Good condition. The distinguished historian J. M. Thompson takes for his subject here the enigmatic figure of Louis Napoleon, the nephew Napoleon Bonaoarte and second emperor of France. The younger Napoleon,inspired by a vision of his family in history, attempted to carry on the work of his uncle from the point at which it had been dropped in 1815, to restore and liberalize the empire, and to make France once more the predominant power in Europe. The author discusses how far he succeeded and why he failed; how the country fared under his regime; and what part his played in his career. Includes an Index. "[Mr. Thompson] has a wonderful art of standing aside and of seeming to let the story tell itself . . . [The book] will be the standby for many years of everyone who wants to know about the Second Empire." - A. J. P Taylor, The New Statesman and Nation ISBN: 0393004031 $5.85USD
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