On the cold evening of December 24, 1800, an explosion shattered the Rue Saint-Nicaise in Paris, sending shock waves through a nation already rife with political tension. The target of this assassination attempt was none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul of the…
Read MoreNapoleon Bonaparte’s “100 Days” began on March 20, 1815, when he triumphantly marched into Paris with hundreds of thousands of supporters, causing Louis XVIII to flee in terror at the return of the former emperor. His return to the seat of power gained the…
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