“La
Lune published on
November 17, 1867 a supposed drawing of ‘Rocambole,’
which in fact was a portrayal of emperor Napoleon
III; although the drawing, by the
leading caricaturist Andre Gill, apparently fooled
the censors, all of Paris immediately
recognized the emperor's features and the caricature
thus highlighted Napoleon III’s
personality similarities at a time when his
popularity was already on the wane...the
drawing so infuriated the authorities that La Lune was soon suppressed....”
An ordinary academic looks at that passage and goes
on to write an article about French censorship. A Wold Newtonian, on the other
hand, looks at that passage and thinks, “Untold story of how Rocambole replaced
Napoleon III”… (Jess Nevins)