TY - BOOK AU - Hicks,Peter TI - Joseph Bonaparte and the Roi de Rome 1828-1833 PY - 2018///. N1 - 47 N2 - Joseph’s position as head of the family really tried to put the Duke of Reichstadt on the French throne instead of Louis-Philippe, a campaign that was to be bogged down by misfortunes and indecision. In a letter to Metternich, dated 9 October 1830, Joseph explicitly noted that he had been waiting the right moment, i.e., the July revolution. Joseph did in fact stage a campaign to support the ‘Napoleonist’ opposition and did make real attempts to forge a Joseph-led Republican / ‘Napoleonist’ coalition to place the Duc de Reichstadt on the French throne UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-napoleonica-la-revue-2017-2-page-15?lang=en ER -