Victor Hugo in Exile: From Historical Representations to Utopian Vistas by William Vanderwolk
English | 2006 | ISBN 083875628X | 236 Pages | PDF OCR | 8.5 MB
During the Second Empire (1852-1870), Louis-Napolean Bonaparte established an authoritarian regime, and republican politicians including Victor Hugo, fled. Hugo remained abroad for eighteen years, returning to Paris triumphantly in 1870 after Louis's defeat by the Prussians.