May 9
Rue St. Nicaise
Conspirators tried to assassinate him by detonating a bomb under the carriage taking him to the Opera. Bonaparte was unharmed. Paris never cheered him more than that evening, when, after the attack, he appeared at the performance, calm, a slight smile on his Caesar-like face, for the Consul felt the love and fervor of the people rising toward him.
Napoléon raconté par Robert Burnand ; imagé par Jean-Jacques Pichard, 1936
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