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| Picture No | 10000993 |
| Date | 25th May 1846 |
| Description | Napoleon III escaping from life imprisonment |
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Napoleon III, disguised as a labourer, escapes from the Chateau de Ham, where he had been condemned to life imprisonment in 1840. The escape was successful -- two days later he turned up in London.
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| Source | De Parys in Je sais tout March 1907 page 179 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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