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Tales of the new Babylon
Paris (france), social life and customs
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Vorgeschichte
Paris (france), history
Paris (France)
Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821
Cultuurgeschiedenis
Moral conditions
Urban renewal
Causes
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Influence
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Social life and customs
History
As Christiansen illustrates with marvelous immediacy, the carnival facade of the Second Empire, presided over by the aging libertine Louis Napoleon and his unpopular fashion plate of a wife, the Empress Eugenie, masked an empty soul. The Empire may have been destined to collapse under the weight of …
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