Susan,

The repression of the Babeuf movement sent hundreds to the bagne in Guyane, the Grenelle plot and 19 fructidor hundreds more. The new anti-clerical terror intended to send 11000 priests to Guyane, 9000 of them Belgians. It drove the whole Catholic religion underground again. And then came Floréal, and the whole thing between anarchists, terrorist,neo-jacobins and the renaissance of the clubs: it was the pre-terror state all over again; Sources???? Any book onthe first directoire will do I guess. I just browsed trough the essential primer again "Histoire et dictionnaire de Révoution française by Tulard, Fayard an Fierro.

As for the pushing of Napoleon to Emperor, same thing again I guess: try Vandal, Madelin, Cabannis, Do not understand me wrong. Ido not doubt that Napoleon wanted absolutepower, I do doubt that he set out to wear the Imperial robes.

Regards

Bruno.

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