![]() Napoleon who felt he was fighting a series of fruitless wars in Egypt and whose sense of his own destiny was swelling, was persuaded that he could 'save France.' Hearing of the chaos, Napoleon abandoned his army in Syria, sailing for France on 9 October. ![]() ![]() In Paris a purge of the Directory on 18 June (30 Prairial) 1799 had consolidated the position of Paul Barras, a lawyer who was one of the most powerful figures in the Directory, while promoting the veteran revolutionary Emmanuel Sieyes, clergyman who wrote the most influential revolutionary pamphlet in 1789 entitled 'What is the Third Estate?' These two and other conspirators were convinced that a change of regime, strengthening the executive power, was necessary. Timeline: Napoleon as First Consul (1799-1804)
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