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Among the top lots was a painting of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, which sold for 20 times its estimate at $1 million.
Louis defends Dutch independence against Napoleon, by Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate/Image: public domain on Wikimedia Commons. This was a declaration of intent because, although Louis had reluctantly ...
While these events are progressing in Mexico, LOUIS NAPOLEON, under the pressure of adverse European influences, doubtless, finds it necessary to promulgate his American policy in the form of his ...
There was a dramatic finale to the sale, when six people holding folders with Ministry of Public Finance letterhead entered ...
Comments of the Press on Louis Napoleon's Speech. Share full article. Nov. 22, 1863. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 22, 1863, Page 3 ...
Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Napoleon, spent some 35 years attempting to become Emperor of the French. He finally succeeded. But according to Historian Philip Guedalla he should have died ...
Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) had been elected President of France in 1848 and, under the French constitution, could not be re-elected for a second term.
Cover of “Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City: Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives” by Don Papso and Tom Calarco. It was published in 2015 by ...