“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)
Rocambole
Roguish anti-hero.
Novels published
1857-1870
Adventures set
1840s-1860s
Napoleon III
President 2nd Republic
1848-1852
Emperor
2nd Empire
1852-1870
Rocambole Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Emperor Napoleon III.
This quote was posted to a discussion list by Jess Nevins, a WN scholar.  I’m using it to introduce the relationship between Wold-Newtonry and real scholarship.  The pictures of Rocambole and Napoleon III are just for illustration. I don’t have a copy of the drawing from the newspaper article that Jess quotes.