Disunion: A Peevish Prince, a Hairy-Handed President, a Disastrous Dinner Party
His irritation was growing by the minute. Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte — son and grandson of kings, nephew and cousin of emperors, bearer of the century’s most famous name — had come to call on the ruler of the American republic, to bestow his imperial favor upon the beleaguered president at a moment when the president needed all the favors he could get.
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