French Directory

The Directory (also called Directorate, ) was a five-member committee in the French First Republic from 2 November 1795 until 9 November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.For example F. Furet and D. Richet in “French Revolution” (Macmillan, 1970) 

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