books.google.co.uk - The Second Empire lasted longer than any French regime since 1789, yet most historical accounts of the government of Napoleon III have been overshadowed by the knowledge of its disastrous and tragic end. As Professor Plessis shows in this detailed thermatic study, such an approach ignores the major social,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Second_Empire_1.html?id=sRwdEteh_PcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Rise and Fall of the Second Empire, 1852-1871
