Note 197 — Chapter VIII · IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE CRUSADERS
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As legend has it, Charlemagne sleeps in Odenberg, in Hesse, where crowned and armed and girt with his trusty sword, La Joyeuse, he awaits the advent of Anti-Christ when he will awake and deliver Christendom.
Bonaparte, it is supposed in certain parts of France, will again return to restore the country to its pristine glory. When Louis Napoleon submitted the plebiscite to the countrymen, many gave their vote under the impression that it was in support of his famous uncle.