Napoleon III: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Oeuvres de Napoléon III, 5 vol. (1854–69). A.L. Guérard, Napoleon III (1943; Eng. trans. 1955), emphasizes economic and social aspects; F.A. Simpson, The Rise of Louis Napoleon, 3rd ed. (1950, reprinted 1968); Louis Napoleon and the Recovery of France, 1848–1856, 3rd ed. (1951), a useful survey; J.M. Thompson, Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire (1954), an able account; H. Euler, Napoleon III in seiner Zeit, vol. 1, Der Aufstieg (1961), first volume of a projected three-part biography. See also C.W. Hallberg, Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, 1852–1864: A Study of Austro-French Relations (1955), a fairly good survey; D.I. Kulstein, Napoleon III and the Working Class: A Study of Government Propaganda Under the Second Empire (1969), an informative study; H.C. Payne, The Police State of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 1851–1860 (1966), an impressively documented work; H. Pinkney, Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris (1958), a useful general account; E.A. Pottinger, Napoleon III and the German Crisis 1865–1866 (1966), a brilliant study; T. Zeldin, The Political System of Napoleon III (1958), a very interesting analysis; and R.L. Williams, The Mortal Napoleon III (1971), a study of the effects of the emperor’s health and marriage on his personality and policy.
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| Invalidated site: EHNE Digital Encyclopedia - Napoleon III and Europe. | Sep 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week in History: Napoleon III. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Added media. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Added photo. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: �lys�e - Chronobiography of Louis-Napol�on Bonaparte. | Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemins de m�moire - Napol�on III. | May 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Napoleon III. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: EHNE Digital Encyclopedia - Napoleon III and Europe. | Mar 13, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 28, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Chislehurst Society - Biography of Napoleon III, Emperor of France. | Jan 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ch�teau de Versailles - Biography of Napoleon III. | Jan 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1808-1873). | Dec 21, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Birth of Louis Napoleon and the Divorce of Josephine. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Archontology.org - Biography of Napol�on III. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Napoleon III. | Oct 19, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 26, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Napoleon III. | Oct 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Napoleon.org - Chronobiography of Napoleon III. | Dec 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Napoleon III. | Dec 13, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |