During the Christmas of 1800 Napoléon and Josèphine (and several others) were driving to the Opéra when a group of conspirators (using a machine infernal) attempted to assassinate him. The plot naturally failed, and both Freud and Garnier have analyzed Napoleon's dream as part of psychology. Napoléon was badly shaken, but unscathed and continued to the Opéra, where he received a standing ovation from the audience.
Now, what if the plot (known as the plot of the rue de Saint-Nicaise) had succeeded, the bomb kills Le Petit Corporal, and some others of the ministers who were travelling in the cavalcade. I assume France would fall into chaos, but would it be enough to see a Restauration fifteen-years earlier?
Now, what if the plot (known as the plot of the rue de Saint-Nicaise) had succeeded, the bomb kills Le Petit Corporal, and some others of the ministers who were travelling in the cavalcade. I assume France would fall into chaos, but would it be enough to see a Restauration fifteen-years earlier?