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A humiliating military defeat by Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprisingーParis in 1871 was a shambles, and the question loomed, "Could this extraordinary city even survive?" With ……続きを見る

The second volume of Michel Leiris’s hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis One of the m……続きを見る

The appearance of "Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641 marked a dramatic turning point in the history of Western thought. In "Meditations on the First Philosophy", René Descartes delves into ep……続きを見る

First published in 1866, "A History of the Huguenots" is an essential historic work by W. Carlos Martyn, an excellent and inspiring tale of the Huguenots, an ethnoreligious group of French Protestan……続きを見る

• World premiere was co-produced by American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA) and Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT) in 2012. • New York premiere Off-Broadway at Soho Rep in 2013, starring Mari……続きを見る

Existe-t-il ou a-t-il existé un antisémitisme original et spécifique à la gauche ? Longtemps négligée par les historiens, cette question délicate est remarquablement documentée dans cet ouvrage, qui……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle bien qu'aujourd'hui controversé, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874), pour comprendre la formation de la monarchie a voulu en étudier……続きを見る

Les Mémoires du général de Gaulle réunies pour la première fois en un seul volume. " Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France. Le sentiment me l'inspire aussi bien que la raison.……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle bien qu'aujourd'hui controversé, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874), pour comprendre la formation de la monarchie a voulu en étudier la ruine ……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle bien qu'aujourd'hui controversé, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874), pour comprendre la formation de la monarchie a voulu en étudier la ruine ……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle bien qu'aujourd'hui controversé, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874), pour comprendre la formation de la monarchie a voulu en étudier la ruine ……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle bien qu'aujourd'hui controversé, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874), pour comprendre la formation de la monarchie a voulu en étudier la ruine ……続きを見る

Early in the eighth century, the current of the Muslim movement that inundated northern Spain crept over the Pyrenees to spread across a portion of the French Midi. From the north the tide of Caroli……続きを見る

The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shi……続きを見る

Mary Croom Brown´s "Mary Tudor, Queen of France" narrates the fascinating story of Mary Tudor, the third daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York and the younger sister of King Henry V……続きを見る

L'HIstoire de France en 200 dates-clés ! -52, bataille d'Alésia, 24 août 1572, nuit de la St-Barthélémy, 1er septembre 1715, mort de Louis XIV...la collection "Pour les Nuls' propose un tour d'horiz……続きを見る

A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)ーas featured in the New York Times **"The complex political,……続きを見る

General Maximilien Foy was a renowned and experienced French general with a long and distinguished career. An artilleryman like his master Napoleon , he fulfilled his duty to France despite disagree……続きを見る

The most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville. 続きを見る

A thoughtful account from the ranks of the Rifle Brigade, by a former enlisted man who raised himself to the rank of quarter-master and served throughout the Peninsular War and the expedition to Ame……続きを見る

The first notable literary advocate of the Satanist, alchemist and child-killer Gilles de Rais remains J-K Huysmans, famous for his novel A Rebours and its quintessential decadent, Des Esseintes. Hu……続きを見る

Sir George L’Estrange was only an ensign when he started on his Peninsular career in the 31st or Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot, joining the war in 1812. Arriving in Portugal and meeting with his ……続きを見る

"Excellent…Reynolds is as good on the Paris writing as he is on the Paris life." ーTimes Literary Supplement The 1920s in Paris are the pivotal years in Hemingway's apprenticeship as a writer, wheth……続きを見る

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. - Voltaire. Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, known simply as Voltaire (1694-1778), has practically b……続きを見る

One of the most complete histories of wine in France was written in the eighteenth century, a long chapter within Le Grand d'Aussy's masterwork on French food and wine (hopefully but misleadingly t……続きを見る

4 works of Margaret of Valois Queen of France and of Navarre during the late sixteenth century (1553-1615) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Margaret of Valois . A dynamic table of cont……続きを見る

France's New Deal is an in-depth and important look at the remaking of the French state after World War II, a time when the nation was endowed with brand-new institutions for managing its economy an……続きを見る

The guns that boomed over the Napoleonic battlefield could be fired at a rate of two rounds a minute, blasting all and sundry in range to tiny pieces. No small wonder that the artillery of the perio……続きを見る

14 Oeuvres de Albert de Broglie Historien, diplomate et homme d'État français (1821–1901) Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 14 oeuvres de Albert de Broglie……続きを見る

A masterly work of military history, Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory is also a tribute to the soldiers whose courage and self belief sustained them through their darkest hours. The evacuation of British……続きを見る