The Octavo · 1839 · restored 2025

Napoleonic Ideas

Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte III — Before he became Emperor Napoleon III, Louis Napoleon was a prisoner and an exile.

Before he became Emperor Napoleon III, Louis Napoleon was a prisoner and an exile. This book, written in London, is his attempt to systematize his uncle's legacy into a political philosophy — arguing that Napoleon I was not a despot but the executor of revolutionary principles. It is propaganda, but it is also a serious attempt to define what Bonapartism means as an idea. This edition includes a foreword, contemporary cartoons and portrayals of Napoleon III, and footnotes added by the publisher.

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III, Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. Napoleonic Ideas (1839). Bulkington Books, 2025.