# Napoleon III — Roads to Freedom character guide

> Napoleon III in Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Napoleon

**First appearance:** 0005-i-marx-and-socialist-doctrine

## Who they are

French emperor mentioned in historical context of socialist movements.

## In the story

### [Government and Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roads_to_freedom_se/chapters/v-government-and-law)

Russell uses Napoleon as a hypothetical example of an ambitious man who might not acquiesce in an anarchist world and could form a private army to enslave others.

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