Hegel once said somewhere: all major political events and figures seem to appear twice in history. But he forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.
In this respect, Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis Bonaparte are the same, as is a certain revolutionary song that is currently widely sung in Paris. A more incredible fact, which is also unknown, is that the author of this song is none other than the vulgar and shortsighted realist politician Arthur Hastings.
——Karl Marx "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte"
"So, who exactly leaked the secret? Have you found any clues internally?"
Great Dumas became indignant upon hearing about the heavy casualties of the French international brigade. This was not only due to his shared Republican ideals but also because he almost became part of this French volunteer army himself.
Compared to those obvious enemies, he found it even harder to forgive the traitors within.
