And then the people who called him in, hooted him out.

His life had been attempted many times.

All the other kings hated him and refused to let their daughters marry his sons.

He and his sons were waiting at Claremont while the talkers in Paris talked their loudest.
There was a third bone of contention--the Imperial line.

At this time the champions of this morsel were at the summit; for a Bonaparte was riding on the top of the revolutionary scrimmage.
By the death of the great Napoleon's only child, the second son of his third brother became the recognised claimant to the Imperial crown.
For France has long ceased to look to the eldest son as the rightful heir.