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The author contends that history must act as guardian of the dead, restoring neglected individuals and correcting mistaken contemporary judgments. He analyzes late revolutionary and early Napoleonic episodes, defending the Directory and reinterpreting Fructidor as a thwarted royalist conspiracy that nonetheless provoked a republican surge across Western Europe. The narrative rescues overlooked participants in the Egyptian expedition and administration, critiques how one leader's fame obscured many contributions, and connects political betrayals, military maneuvers, and sudden coups to broader themes of collective memory, justice, and the precariousness of republican experiment.
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