The Second French Republic 1848-1852 by Christopher Guyver

Author:Christopher Guyver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, New York

But Faucher’s sanguine arrogance was misplaced. What is certain is that the legacy of that day was poisonously divisive. Both the Mountain and the Ministry believed, apparently sincerely, that the other had attempted a coup to overthrow the Republic. Madame Dosne recorded one version of the insurgents’ supposed plan:The insurgents no longer want to establish their headquarters in the faubourg Saint-Antoine their headquarters: this time, they want to invade the 1st and 2nd arrondissements, seize control of the Banque de France, the ministries, the president, all the houses of the rich, the bankers of the Palais-Royal, the Chamber of Representatives. To realize these horrible plans, they must first come out at the place Lafayette, by the place Bréda, at the place de l’Europe, and finally to start at our house on the place Saint-Georges, immediately below the place Bréda. 36

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