*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1346 *** the eighteenth brumaire of louis bonaparte by karl marx contents translators preface i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. translators preface the eighteenth brumaire of louis bonaparte is one of karl marx most profound and most brilliant monographs. it may be considered the best work extant on the philosophy of history, with an eye especially upon the history of the movement of the proletariat, together with the bourgeois and other mani...