Word: louise
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Louis NAPOLEON AND THE SECOND EMPIRE (342 pp.] - J. M. Thompson -Noonday Press ($4.50).
A resolute exile named Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Bonaparte, crossed the Rhine into Strasbourg one day in 1836 and waved one of his uncle's aigles (eagle standards) at the French garrison.
"Soldiers! A new destiny awaits you," he cried. "March with me ... !" A whole regiment obeyed, and Louis (no soldier) marched them stoutly into a blind alley; immediately, loyal officers put the pint-sized pretender in the guardroom. French authorities bundled Louis off to the U.S., with a warning not to...
Louis stuck Ham for almost six years, then walked out, disguised as a carpenter with a plank on his shoulder, and was snug in Britain by next day.
Winning Ways. Now he changed his tactics, decided to win his place "constitutionally." Rightly confident that there was voters' magic in the name Napoleon, Louis ran for the French presidency in 1848, won by comfortable millions. After swearing to uphold the Republic and constitution, he proceeded to ditch both...