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IN his fiery, adventurous youth he joined the Union Army in our Civil War, and became vitally interested in aeronautics AS a man he was known as the most fearless and audacious officer the Württembe……続きを見る

First published in 1927, this book represents Volume I in a series of three volumes. It covers the Napoleonic period of 1769 through to 1809: from his beginnings in Corsica to battle in Spain. “It i……続きを見る

“Spain is a dream world, steeped in mysticism, locked in tradition, charged with violence, inhabited by the most delightful, the most courtly, the most gracious, barbarians.”ーLucy Herndon Crockett,……続きを見る

First published in 1928, this book represents Volume II in a series of three volumes. It covers the Napoleonic period of 1809-1813, following on from Napoleon’s return from Spain and ending with the……続きを見る

FRENCH historians, anxious to vindicate in all things the priority of their nation, point out that in 1512, five years before Luther denounced the sale of indulgences, Lefevre, a lecturer on theolog……続きを見る

In Paris’s exclusive Saint-Germain neighborhood is a mansion. In that mansion lives a family. Deep in that mansion. The Bolts are that family, and they have secrets. The Safe House tells their story……続きを見る

Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes. Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Mazarin en moins d'une heure ! D'origine modeste, Jules Mazarin a réussi à se hisser dans les hautes sphères du pouvoir et à préparer le jeune Louis XIV……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le règne d'Henri IV en moins d'une heure ! S'il est bien un roi de France qui a marqué l'Histoire, c'est bien Henri IV. Prince protestant et roi de Nava……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la monarchie française en moins d’une heure ! Si la France est aujourd'hui une République, il n'en a pas toujours été ainsi. En effet, l'Histoire de Fra……続きを見る

Dissenter from the Fourth Crusade, disseised earl of Leicester, leader of the Albigensian Crusade, prince of southern France: Simon of Montfort led a remarkable career of ascent from mid-level Frenc……続きを見る

Paris dans tous ses états. Avec la Révolution française, l'histoire de la capitale était le sujet de prédilection du maître de la " petite histoire ". En conjuguant talent d'enquêteur et art de la n……続きを見る

This study analyzes the impact of color-making technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumière brothers’ perfection……続きを見る

Angelo Tasca, a pivotal figure in 20th-century Italian political history, and indeed European history, is frequently overshadowed by his Fascist opponent Mussolini or his Socialist and Communist col……続きを見る

Four complete analyses of two of the world’s greatest battles. The German commanders tell vividly and lucidly why they lost, and the French, how they won. A book that is both an historical document ……続きを見る

L'autobiographie de Col. René Fonck, pilote de chasse pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, il est l'« as des as » français et alliés avec 75 victoires officiellement homologuées. L'Allemand Richthof……続きを見る

First published in 1959, this is an enthralling account of the Battle of Trafalgar viewed in perspective of Lord Nelson’s personal career, and of the struggle for naval supremacy in the Napoleonic W……続きを見る

First published in English in 1940, this fascinating memoir details Cardinal Richelieu’s rise to power from bishop to cardinal and King Louis XIII’s chief minister. Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, ……続きを見る

First published in 1924, this is Volume 1 of a two-volume set covering the history of the Guards Division during the First World War. The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army……続きを見る

First published in 1960, this is a gripping account of the decisive sea battle between the forces of Napoleon and the British under Nelson in 1798. The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle o……続きを見る

The battles of St. Vincent and Camperdown mark the turning of the tide in the war against the French Revolution. They form the necessary prelude to the better-known victories of the Nelsonian epoch ……続きを見る

‘Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.’ ーfrom ‘The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna’ by Charles Wolfe One of the best remembered poems in the English ……続きを見る

First published in 1961, this is a fascinating account of the battle between the fleets of the England’s Lord Howe and France’s Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse during the French Revolutionary Wars. Known a……続きを見る

First published in 1924, this is Volume 1 of a two-volume set covering the history of the Guards Division during the First World War. The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army……続きを見る

An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. “ONCE again J. M. Thompson has given us a colorf……続きを見る

1789-1795 were years of revolutionary drama in Franceーof struggle protest, war-fever, exasperation, terror, ambition and bloodshed. Few of the many who are remembered from the time were great men, ……続きを見る

« La campagne de 1805, Iéna, Eylau, Tilsit, Wagram, la Russie, 1813 et 1815 (en Alsace) sont évoqués dans ces vivants mémoires. » p. 17 Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Des Mémoires Su……続きを見る

La marquise de Brinvilliers, La comtesse de Saint-Géran, Jeanne de Naples, Vaninka Dumas Alexandre – Les Crimes célèbres, quatre nouvelles : Les Crimes célèbres est une série parue entre 1839 et 184……続きを見る

biographie, Europe, France Dans les deux textes présentés ici, Alexandre Dumas raconte ses débuts au théâtre. Le premier : Comment je devins auteur dramatique, a paru, le 20 décembre 1833, dans La R……続きを見る

Ecrite en 1842, l'étude Filles, Lorettes, et Courtisanes est une commande qu'Alexandre Dumas a exécuté " si difficile et surtout si scabreuse qu'elle fit. " L'écrivain a puisé sa documentation dans ……続きを見る