salicettis

Updated: January 7, 2026

In short, France was chaos, and the Salicettis of the time might hope for anything, or fear everything, in the throes of her disorder. Not so a man like Buonaparte. His instinct led him to stand in readiness at the parting of the ways.

William Milligan Sloane - The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: Vol. I. (of IV.)