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A grunt’s-eye report from the battlefield in the spirit of The Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet *on the Western Frontー*the only known account by a common soldier of the campaigns of Napoleon’s Gr……続きを見る

The journals and correspondence of George Simmons add a further lustre to the excellent memoirs and books that men of the 95th Rifles left of the adventures, hard fought actions and grim experiences……続きを見る

Acclaimed journalist Charlie Glass looks to the American expatriate experience of Nazi-occupied Paris to reveal a fascinating forgotten history of the greatest generation. In Americans in Paris, tal……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

Beset along the northern border of France by enemies that out-numbered him by at least five to one, where ordinary generals might have despaired, Napoleon went on to win a remarkable series of victo……続きを見る

THE ENLIGHTENMENT has long been the victim of uninformed or hostile criticisms. Even so respected a source as the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines the Enlightenment as “shallow and pretenti……続きを見る

** The Memoirs of Paris Past collection presents fiction and non-fiction – travelers' guides, journals, histories, etc. - which wholly or in part shows Paris as it was at different points in history……続きを見る

This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Against a background of structural ch……続きを見る

Glory and Terror is a vivid and often gory history of the darker side of the French Revolution. Through an examination of contemporary visual and literary representations of executions, funerals, pr……続きを見る

French Impressions: The Loire Valley "The title is very apt. Compared with other travel books, reading George's work is like coming across the brightness and brio of an Impressionist painting ……続きを見る

Acest titlu este in limba romana! -- În urma semnalului de alarmă tras de istorici şi publicişti francezi, potrivit cărora Franţa s-ar afla în declin, Lucian Boia supune afirmaţia unei analize istor……続きを見る

Edward Fraser contributed a number of works on the Napoleonic period ranging from the Eagle-bearers of Napoleon to the sailors of the fleets of Nelson, Gravina and Villeneuve at Trafalgar, this volu……続きを見る

Napoleon wrote "Cavalry is useful before, during and after the battle"; and so it was with his final campaign of Waterloo. Few campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars are as instructive as to the use (and ……続きを見る

Part of the ‘Making History Series’ – Waterloo is an exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world – Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history. The illustrious ‘Making H……続きを見る

A military intelligence expert examines the most formative battle of World War II. The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. Millions of soldiers battling f……続きを見る

Captain Sherer's record of service in the Peninsular War is second to none. A hard campaigner, he served with the 34th Foot at Busaco, Badajoz, Albuera, Arroyo Molinos, Vittoria and the Pyrenees, du……続きを見る

The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious free……続きを見る

Internationally renowned as the greatest authority on the French Revolution, Georges Lefebvre combined impeccable scholarship with a lively writing style. His masterly overview of the history of the……続きを見る

Hugo's political condemnation of Napoleon III. According to Wikipedia: ""Napoleon le Petit was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo which condemned the reign of Napoleon III, Emperor of ……続きを見る

Figure emblématique du XVIe siècle, Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589) est une reine souvent dépeinte comme une femme machiavélique, despotique et criminelle. Qu’en est-il vraiment ? Fût-elle heureuse……続きを見る

In the French Revolution, Jocelyn Hunt examines the major issues and background to the revolution, including its causes, and disputes as to when it ended. The author also surveys the views of histor……続きを見る

After the defeat of Waterloo and the subsequent rout of the fragile French army's morale, all Europe craved peace. In the minds of many, there was one man who must be removed from the political land……続きを見る

Major-General Lord Andrew Thomas Blayney although previously a successful commander of his own regiment the 89th Regiment of Foot of the British through-out the early stages of the Peninsular war, h……続きを見る

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Orphelin à 11 ans, marié à 16 ans, Louis XVI n'a que 20 ans lorsqu'il devient Roi de France le 10 mai 1774 à la mort de son grand-père Louis XV. Le 21 janvier 1793, Louis XVI est décapité sous la gu……続きを見る

The gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Ge……続きを見る

Captain Gordon led a troop of the 15th Hussars during the first of the British army's campaigns into Spain, commanded by Sir John Moore. Unearthed and published many years after it was written by th……続きを見る

« Caulaincourt n'avait cessé sous l'Empire de prendre des notes chaque jour au bivouac ou dans le cabinet de Tuileries. Il se serait décidé à les mettre en forme entre 1822 et 1825. L'énorme documen……続きを見る

Sir Francis Head took up the challenge of writing a short biography of one of the most esteemed members of his parent corps, the Royal Engineers, Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne. Dubbed the "Mol……続きを見る

Written at the promptings of friends and family, the story of Midshipman Boys captivity and escape from Napoleonic France stands as an adventure yarn par excellence, it is however the true story of ……続きを見る