Which one was number 9?
'Potential'
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Thanks, megan. I bookmarked your post. That's more than I remember from my European History classes ages ago.
Oh, that's how Napoleon III came to power, I always wondered.
Oh, that's how Napoleon III came to power, I always wondered.
Like his uncle, he came into power legitimately, as the elected president of the Second Republic. But then he got greedy, as Napoleons are wont to do. When he gets his ass kicked in the Franco-Prussian War, the Second Empire falls and the Third Republic begins.
When the Third Republic gets its ass kicked in WWII, the government is replaced by Vichy, and then the Fourth Republic begins. The Fourth Republic is sort of a parliamentary nightmare and so DeGaulle comes back and essentially creates the Fifth (current) Republic which gives more power to the President.
As they say, history has a tendency to repeat itself.
I've always been fascinated that for a while Mexico was French.
I've always been fascinated that for a while Mexico was French.
I think it was Austrian for a year or two, too.
HAIL! It Is Time To Celebrate The Feast Of Being Checked Into The Hotel Room!
Clovis and I want to know where we can get our own colony of Aeslin mice. Because if anyone should have a colony of them, it's me and the Devilbunny.
I'm loading up the Kindle while I still can (Whispernet apparently won't work once I'm not in the US), so I'll go ahead and add Discount Armaggedon even though I hate the cover. Seriously, do book covers suck more now than at any time since the 70s?
Oh, the cover is horrible. I felt vaguely embarrassed by it.
Yeah, I don't particularly like the cover, but Seanan does think it's appropriate since Verity does work in a strip club. The cover of the next book is better, though.