What if the June Rebellion (1832) was successful?

Good morning, everybody!

I'm playing oboe and cor anglais in the orchestra pit for a production of Victor Hugo's and Claude-Michel Schönberg 'Les Misérables' this week, and in the very few moments where I'm not doing anything I attempted to contemplate whether the June Rebellion could survive (which seems near-impossible) and - as the focus of the question - what would happen if it did?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Rebellion

Consequently, your challenge is to allow the June Rebellion to topple the July Monarchy in any way possible. Good luck!
 
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Except that Louis-Napoléon had yet to make any name for himself yet by 1832, so he's less likely to win over as many as he did IOTL. As well he's younger, more impulsive, and less worldly - he's going to make some stupid attempt at a coup exactly like he did in 1836, except this time he's likely going to die for his efforts.
 
Except that Louis-Napoléon had yet to make any name for himself yet by 1832, so he's less likely to win over as many as he did IOTL. As well he's younger, more impulsive, and less worldly - he's going to make some stupid attempt at a coup exactly like he did in 1836, except this time he's likely going to die for his efforts.

Interesting.
What are the consequences for France minus our dear friend Louis-Napoléon?
 
Interesting.
What are the consequences for France minus our dear friend Louis-Napoléon?

Well, obviously no Second Empire. Beyond that though is going to depend on the personalities that fill the roles of leadership in the rebellion/revolution. Speaking of which, Cavaignac is just a captain stationed in the Algerian desert, so he's out as well.

My sense is that roughly France will become a dour republic, unwilling to commit itself to most of the extravagance that the OTL Second Empire was characterized by to some extent, which is both a blessing and a curse in its own way. Politically speaking the battle lines will be between moderate and radical republicans; IOTL the Empire somewhat revived the fortunes of the monarchists - ITTL both the Bourbons and Orléanists have been discredited.
 
Les Miserables has a happier ending. No "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" song where Marius broods about all his friends being dead.

(The musical would probably be butterflied, but I'm just being a smart-aleck.)
 
Les Miserables has a happier ending. No "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" song where Marius broods about all his friends being dead.

(The musical would probably be butterflied, but I'm just being a smart-aleck.)

Indeed.
It is a sad song, though.

Could a successful revolution see France attempting to 'export' its ideals in a diplomatically Napoleonic way?
 
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