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Part One: Napoleon III: The Worst Bonaparte

Behind the Bastards

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Lewis Bonaparte and his brother, Napoleon Lewis join larger groups of carbonari who are like trying to execute a March on Rome. The boys get caught trying to overthrow the Austrian government in Italy. Their lives get upended and Lewis's first grand attempt at being a hero has gotten his older brother killed. It also leads him to return to French territory for the first time in his adult life because he and his mother have to flee the shit out of Italy.

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