As winter grew colder, Parisians started to starve. A city known for its food and restaurants had to scavenge meals based on horse, dog, cat and even rat.
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After his divorce, his son the King of Rome. Disaster on the retreat from Moscow, and exile on the island of Saint Helena. The rapid rise of Napoleon III and his military failure against Prussia in 1870.
Paris was under siege from September 1870 to the end of January 1871. Painters commanded its defenders, and showed its distress.
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