Brumaire : second month in French Republican Calendar. The coup d’état of 18-19 Brumaire (November 9-10, 1799) established the Consulate under Napoleon.
... planes. Mysticism was no part of what he had to manifest. Napoleon I don't think it can be said that Napoleon had little of ego. He was exceedingly ego-centric. He made himself a dictator from Brumaire, and as a dictator he should always have acted—but he felt the need of support and made the error of seeking it in the democratic way—a way for which he was utterly unfit. He had the capacities of ...
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