The New French Consulate Might Last a Thousand Years

No one who woke up on the morning after the coup of brumar could have possibly known how momentous bonaparte's ascension to power would turn out to be. Coups and counter cops and purges had defined the french revolution for the last decade. So what i want to do here to day is give a brief summary of the next five years, with a particular emphasis on providing some closure for a few of the threads we've been following for so long but which are still left open. The fate of the church, the economy, the legal system, and of course, the wars,. Because aside from 18 o two, it's basically just one non stop war.