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Just sixteen minutes into D-Day and their glider had already crash-landed onto the field. Scrambling out to storm the bridge, the young British soldiers began the fight of their lives. Five miles ……続きを見る

With this book, we enter the home stretch of Marcel Proust's massive seven-volume novel, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (as published by the Modern Library in the 1930s). The whole work, itself, was ……続きを見る

Original eighteenth century recipes - most newly translated from French - selected to match a "model meal" given in a classic period cookbook. Recipes appear for the three services: FIRST SERVICE (S……続きを見る

"Candide, ou l'Optimisme" is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an……続きを見る

William Milligan Sloane (1850-1928) was a history professor at Princeton and specialized in studying the history of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, eventually becoming a Chevalier of t……続きを見る

Political and economic liberalism has generally been considered to be of marginal import in France, but at an intellectual level, it is a different story. An exploration of the history of French eco……続きを見る

The History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo was published in 1877, long after it was written. It is an account of the 1852 coup d'état that brought Napoleon into powe……続きを見る

This book provides a succinct yet up-to-date and challenging approach to the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and its consequences. Peter McPhee provides an accessible and reliable overview and one wh……続きを見る

In this luminous portrait of Paris, the celebrated historian gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. While Paris may be many things, it is ne……続きを見る

A charming memoir from one of America’s best-loved novelists, William Wharton, author of war-time classic ‘Birdy’. Before even penning his first novel, William Wharton had left his home in Los Angel……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index The narrative is highly interesting as exhibiting the state of some of the West India Islands t……続きを見る

Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 "to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence – in which the command……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Robespierre and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes Robespierre's most famous and controversial quotes about the French Revolution, Louis XVI, and ……続きを見る

18th century recipes, most newly translated from French, related to those in a "model meal" from a famous period cookbook: 1st SERVICE - SOUPS AND ENTRÉES CENTERPIECE: OILLE 6 ENTRÉES Terrine of par……続きを見る

Mende is a diocese in south-central France where, in the 1260s, scribes of Bishop Odilon de Mercoeur created an extensive court book or register of litigated cases. Their intention was to develop an……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 1. THE INTUITION OF NATURE. CHAPTER 2. THE PRIMARY TEACHER. CHAPTER 3. CORSICA. CHAPTER……続きを見る

This fully revised second edition takes account of historical work produced during the last decade. Covering the period between Louis XIV's death in 1715 and the outbreak of the French Revolution in……続きを見る

Depending on the version you read, after almost four thousand pages, the reader can be forgiven for feeling exhausted before embarking upon the seventh volume of Proust's massive masterpiece A la re……続きを見る

Journaliste et conférencier, l’auteur a réuni dans ce volume des écrits polémiques (articles et conférences). Combinant un ordre logique avec l’ordre chronologique, Aulard a classé ces écrits en tro……続きを見る

From one of the most distinguished historians of our time comes the definitive general history of the Zionist movement. 続きを見る

The celebrated novelist and influential cultural critic's classic biography of one of history's most important writers, Marcel Proust If there is anyone worthy of producing an intimate biography of ……続きを見る

An abbreviated history of Maximillian's ill fated Mexican Empire arranged by and abandoned by Napoleon.続きを見る

When Captain Siborne died in 1849, it is unlikely that he was aware of the enduring historical legacy that he was to leave behind. His History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815 has become the……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Machiavelli and some of the rulers he discusses throughout the book. *Explains the historical background of Machiavelli's life and the political context within which he wrote T……続きを見る

The French call them 'the Dark Years'... This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary peop……続きを見る

Jean Bart fut l'un des marins les plus célèbres français de tous les temps. Ses exploits maritimes ont traversés les âges et les batailles et les combats qu'il a me……続きを見る

A new history book for France that examines the commercially and strategically important region of the Lauragais, sometimes known as the 'Land of Cockaigne' in reference to a time of Pastel and the ……続きを見る

Muita tinta tem corrido relatando o intenso romance de Napoleão e Josefina. O que permanece, mais ou menos desconhecido, é a personalidade sedutora deste grande general que, ao longo da sua vida, am……続きを見る

Despite the rather prosaic title, these two volumes contain some of the best eye-witness accounts of the Peninsular War. Maxwell wrote a number of books on the Napoleonic Wars himself, the research ……続きを見る

The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower i……続きを見る