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There is no more marvellous story in human history than that of Napoleon I., Emperor of the French. His career is one long demonstration of the reality of the proverb, "Truth is stranger than fictio……続きを見る

Le présent Catalogue du Musée de Castres (3me édition) se divise en quatre sections ou séries  : 1° Tableaux 97 nos 2° Statues et Bustes 41 » 3° Gravures 25 » 4° Galerie Historique du pays Castrais ……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874) est doué d’un immense talent littéraire. Libéral et anticlérical, il a donné naissance à travers ses ouvra……続きを見る

As the tricolor rose over revolutionary France, language, with its ability to define ideals and allegiances, was both a threat to authority and weapon to be wielded. In the early years of the Republ……続きを見る

**One of Washington Independent Review of Books' 50 Favorite Books of 2018 • A Buzzfeed Best Book of 2018 "Morbidly witty." ーMarilyn Stasio, The New York Times** "A heady mix of erudite history and……続きを見る

C  ’est l’heure du repos, du silence et du songe  : Il pleut dans la nuit noire  ; aucun reflet, nul bruit  ; Rien qu’un ruissellement qui sans fin se prolonge Dans l’immobilité, le silence et la nu……続きを見る

This book explores the responses of the Roman Catholic Church to the French Revolution beginning in 1789, to the liberal revolution in 1830, and particularly the democratic revolution of 1848 in Fra……続きを見る

In the aftermath of the First World War, the victorious powers – more or less liberal democracies – argued that democracy would bring peace to Europe because this was the only effective way for legi……続きを見る

« J’me souviendrai toujours de ce 18 novembre 1941 et de mon dernier repas familial. J’ai pas avalé grand chose. Ce jour-là, j’étais de l’après-midi et j’suis parti le cœur bien lourd. Quelques heur……続きを見る

When Julius Caesar invaded the country, some fifty years before the birth of Christ, he found it divided into three principal parts: there was Aquitaine, the land of springs and waters, extending, i……続きを見る

Treize affaires criminelles saisissantes, pour découvrir sous un nouveau jour le pays des mines et des beffrois. À Oignies et Ostricourt le mineur Valentin Hudziak, capturé à Noyelles-sous-Lens et g……続きを見る

Still a student at Harvard when World War I broke out, American David Wooster King joined the 135th Regiment of the French Foreign Legion in November 1914 and fought in the 1915 Champagne offensive ……続きを見る

It was in 1934 that Henry Landau, Captain in the British Army’s RFA, first published his memoirs as a World War I spy master. All’s Fair: The Story of the British Secret Service tells an authentic, ……続きを見る

First published in 1934, this is a biography of Prince Eugene of Savoy (18 October 1663 - 21 April 1736), one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history. Born in Paris, he……続きを見る

1930 biography of Prussian World War I General and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who went on to become President of the Weimar Republic, written by journalist husband-and-wife team Margaret Gol……続きを見る

Originally published in 1930, this is a fascinating historical biography of Henry III, who was the King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610, having inherited the throne of Navarre on the death of his mothe……続きを見る

Learning the lessons of WWII Anti-insurgency In mid-1945, the Allies could see the end of the war in Europe approaching quickly. And, with Germany's bitter resistance continuing it was clear that th……続きを見る

This book provides a study of the manner in which the Roman Catholic Church in France responded to successive revolutions between 1789 and 1870 as well as to the cultural upheaval associated with ac……続きを見る

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart……続きを見る

Alexandre Dumas' Werk "Joseph Balsamo" ist ein faszinierender historischer Roman, der von Intrigen, Rache und geheimen Machenschaften im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts handelt. Dumas' charakteristi……続きを見る

Historian Virginia Bernhard has deftly woven together the memoirs and letters of three American soldiersーHenry Sheahan, Mike Hogg, and George Wytheーto capture a vivid, poignant portrayal of what i……続きを見る

This volume explores how France’s ‘modernising mission’ unfolded during the post-war period and its reverberations in the decades after empire. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France sough……続きを見る

Le tueur du Paris-Mulhouse, l’insaisissable criminel du rail Criminel audacieux, Charles Jud a terrorisé les voyageurs de la ligne Paris-Mulhouse. Un professeur de médecine russe et surtout un haut ……続きを見る

Messieurs les Allemands, au détour d’un chemin Vous m’avez arrêté, les armes à la main… Je ne suis pas soldat, n’ayant pas l’uniforme. Vos édits sont formels, ー et je les avais lus. Je serai fusill……続きを見る

C'est à vingt ans que Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart entre à la Cour de France pour prendre rang parmi les filles d'honneur de Madame, belle sœur de Louis XIV. Trois ans plus tard, en 1663, ……続きを見る

Les trains du crime - 13 affaires criminelles ferroviaires Voici une surprenante et passionnante épopée du chemin de fer racontée à travers les passions humaines et les crimes. Pas de rails chez mo……続きを見る

The 1956 Suez War, fought between Egypt and the improbable coalition of Britain, France, and Israel, was a key point in the history of the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict. A blitzkrieg-sty……続きを見る

This book reframes the formative years of three significant artists: Henri Fantin-Latour, Alphonse Legros, and James McNeill Whistler. The trio’s coming together as the Société des trois occurred du……続きを見る

The aftermath of Algeria’s revolutionary war for independence coincided with the sexual revolution in France, and in this book Todd Shepard argues that these two movements are inextricably linked. S……続きを見る

This original study examines different incarnations of the Pyrenees, beginning with the assumptions of 18th-century geologists, who treated the mountains like a laboratory, and romantic 19th-century……続きを見る