After extensive Google-fu, I've compiled as much information as I can find on the French police bureaucracy during Les Miserablès and specifically, Javert's mysterious patron, M. Chabouillet. If anyone cares to add to this post, please do; I can't read a word of French, and aside from the almanacs, I haven't dug into any original documents from that time period. Most of my conclusions regarding the police hierarchy are from papers written in the mid-to-late 1800s, which saw great changes in the Paris bureaucracy.
( Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Chabouillet )
( Miscellaneous Interesting Information )
( Contributions From Anonymous )
( References and Further Reading )
( Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Chabouillet )
( Miscellaneous Interesting Information )
( Contributions From Anonymous )
( References and Further Reading )