Dumb Democracy – Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler
“In October 1799 Napoleon’s brother Lucien Bonaparte was appointed President of the Council of 5 Hundred. Quickly afterwards, within the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon led a gaggle of grenadiers who drove the council from its chambers and put in him as chief of France as its First Consul. This ended the Council of 5…