"La Premiére Conspiration Du Général Malet..." Topic

(MAI-JUIN 1808)

"It is sometimes thought that after the small and large conspiracies of the Consulate, Napoleon was able to sleep soundly and that the regime of authority established with the Empire (and especially after 1807) killed all opposition. Obviously, this is not the case. The conspiracy of 1808 allows, at its level, to reject both aspects of this received idea.

André Palluel-Guillard wrote: "Napoleon never lacked opponents." And, indeed, the political life of the First Empire was not stifled by Napoleon's "iron fist," hindered by the police regime and censorship. No regime, even the most horrible of dictatorships (which was not the case with this one) can control consciences or kill all opposition. From 1800 to 1815, institutions and opinion – when it expressed itself through its most enterprising elements – did not always unanimously line up behind the Emperor of the French. But, as everyone knows, in a regime of authority, the weapons of an opposition cannot be those that are used in a democratic regime…"
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Armand

Better still are:

"La conspiration du général Malet : d'après les documents authentiques (2e édition)"
Paschal Grousset
A. Le Chevalier (Paris) 1869
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and

"Histoire des deux conspirations du général Malet (Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une nouvelle préface et du portrait du général Malet)
Ernest Hamel
Librairie de la Société des gens de lettres (Paris) 1873
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and via JSTOR (you need a subscription or access via an institution)
"LES CONSPIRATIONS DU GÉNÉRAL MALET: I: LA CARRIÈRE DE M. MALET: 1754-1808"
Frédéric Masson
Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971)
SIXIÈME PÉRIODE, Vol. 53, No. 1 (1er SEPTEMBRE 1919), pp. 24-58 (35 pages)
jstor.org/stable/44819180
LES CONSPIRATIONS DU GÉNÉRAL MALET: II: LA CONSPIRATION DE 1808
Frédéric Masson
Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971)
SIXIÈME PÉRIODE, Vol. 53, No. 2 (15 Septembre 1919), pp. 358-389 (32 pages)
jstor.org/stable/44825277
LES CONSPIRATIONS DU GÉNÉRAL MALET: III: LE CONSPIRATEUR DE 1812
Frédéric Masson
Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971)
SIXIÈME PÉRIODE, Vol. 53, No. 4 (15 Octobre 1919), pp. 870-905 (36 pages)
jstor.org/stable/44825299
LES CONSPIRATIONS DU GÉNÉRAL MALET: IV: LES CONSÉQUENCES
Frédéric Masson
Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971)
SIXIÈME PÉRIODE, Vol. 54, No. 2 (15 Novembre 1919), pp. 364-396 (33 pages)
jstor.org/stable/44819173

Thanks!

Armand

Shadows of Victory: Unveiling the Hidden Details of the Allies' 1814 Campaign in France

amazon.com/dp/B0CTV4GRS6

Armand