# Napoleon — The Conquest of Bread character guide

> Napoleon in The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Napoleon III

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conquest-of-bread

## Who they are

A historical figure used as an example of state power.

## Relationships

### [The Socialists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/characters/the_socialists)

_rivalry_

Napoleon suppressed socialist and Jacobin ideas during his rule, viewing them as threats to his authoritarian order.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as Napoleon III, who used public works to pacify the Parisian proletariat.

### [Free Agreement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/xi-free-agreement)

Mentioned as a hypothetical conqueror who might impose a railway system from above, contrasting with free agreement.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as a hypothetical conqueror who might impose a railway system.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced as Napoleon III, whose state doctors fled during the war, contrasting with Red Cross volunteers.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/i)

Referenced in the context of the Napoleonic wars that left Britain dominant.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as Napoleon III, whose table was supplied with expensive hothouse grapes thirty years prior.

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