{"product_id":"medusas-head-the-rise-and-survival-of-joseph-fouche-inventor-of-the-modern-police-state-paperback","title":"Medusa's Head: The Rise and Survival of Joseph Fouché, Inventor of the Modern Police State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRand Mirante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinister of Police Joseph Fouché was universally distrusted, feared, and hated in his time, but was nevertheless considered indispensable. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedusa's Head\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Rand Mirante recounts the chameleonic and astonishing career of Napoleon's security chief, who created the modern police state and wielded immense power that threatened the other main organs of government. Fouché was one of the most important, fascinating, and controversial figures of the French Revolution, the First Empire, and the Bourbon Restoration, and this biography captures and unravels the highlights of Fouché's life, including his infamous roles as: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA priest-in-training who became a radical Jacobin and de-Christianizer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA regicide who cast a dramatic swing vote for Louis XVI's immediate execution \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe grim and remorseless \"Butcher of Lyon\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMastermind of the conspiracy that sent Robespierre to the guillotine \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe head of Napoleon's police - privy to everyone's secrets, shaping the media, deploying 10,000 informants in Paris alone, and securing funding from the Empire's casinos and brothels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCunning enabler of Napoleon's 1799 coup, and subsequent repeated betrayer of the Emperor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActing president after Waterloo and traitor to France\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouis XVIII's Minister of Police, in spite of his responsibility for the death of the King's brother\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wealthy but disgraced exile who met an unusual end in Trieste on the Adriatic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedusa's Head\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides fresh insights and perspectives on this enormously influential and fearsome individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47614427824381,"sku":"9781480810716","price":37.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/bHY2OXE1VW1MZVlVaUpTT05UODNwZz09.webp?v=1780185141","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/medusas-head-the-rise-and-survival-of-joseph-fouche-inventor-of-the-modern-police-state-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}