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The < span lang =" fr "> coup </ span > was first prepared by the < span lang =" fr "> Abbé Sieyès </ span >, then one of the five Directors.

< span lang =" fr "> Bonaparte </ span > returned from Egypt a hero to the public despite his reverses.

< span lang =" fr "> Sieyès </ span > believed he had found the general indispensable to his coup.

However, < span lang =" fr "> Bonaparte </ span > promptly began a < span lang =" fr "> coup </ span > within the < span lang =" fr "> coup </ span >.

Ultimately, the < span lang =" fr "> coup </ span > brought to power < span lang =" fr "> Bonaparte </ span >, not < span lang =" fr "> Sieyès </ span >.