L'exécution du duc d'Enghien - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

At the beginning of 1804, Bonaparte is the target of royalist attacks. The arrest of the plotter Cadoudal brings to light the underground action of the exiled princes. Bonaparte and Savary, his future Minister of Police, become suspicious ...See moreAt the beginning of 1804, Bonaparte is the target of royalist attacks. The arrest of the plotter Cadoudal brings to light the underground action of the exiled princes. Bonaparte and Savary, his future Minister of Police, become suspicious of Louis-Antoine de Bourbon-Condé, Duke of Enghien, a refugee in Baden, whom they decide to kidnap. The operation takes place on the night of 15 March; immediately after being incarcerated in the Château de Vincennes, on 20 March, the Duke is tried by a military tribunal during the night and executed in the ditches of Vincennes in the morning. Written by Guy Bellinger See less