Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XII
Louis Napoleon and the Second French Empire
The Power of a Great Name--The French People Love the Name Napoleon--Louis Napoleon's Personality--Elected President--The Tricks of His Illustrious Ancestor Imitated--Makes Himself Emperor--The War With Austria--Sends an Army to Mexico--Attempt to Establish an Empire in America--Maximilian Made Emperor in the New World--His Sad Fate--War With Germany--Louis Napoleon Dethroned 178