Barras
/ (French baras) /
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)
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Siyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSplendidly mendacious in these pages as he was in life, Barras posed always as the man on horseback of his "13 Vendmiaire."
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinI am writing Barras to help him to the Consulate of some Italian port.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine | Henry Foljambe HallThere is perhaps a veiled innuendo in Barras' letter of December 30th.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine | Henry Foljambe HallDrouet had succeeded in making his escape, according to Barras, with the connivance of the Directory.
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