“The Napoleonic ‘police’ or ‘security state’ in context” is an insightful review perspective of the regime of the man who rose to be the greatest and most significant figure of the 19th Century, but suffered the greatest and most significant fall from power.
Lord Acton’s famous dictum, “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” was never more fitting than when applied to Bonaparte.
7:18 pm on April 3, 2024