The most ironic aspect of Napoleon's career or rule in France was that
a. it was more autocratic than that of Louis XVI, which had initially sparked the Revolution.
b. Napoleon never understood of the nuances of French domestic political developments.
c. the ruling European monarchs failed to recognize the fragility of the political dilemma that such a regime could promulgate.
d. it took advice from the Bishop of Rome, or the Pope, in all domestic matters.
e. it ended where it began, back in Corsica.
a
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).