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Thirty years ago, an international antiglobalization movement was born in the grazing lands of France’s Larzac plateau. In the 1970s, Larzac farmers were joined by others from around the world in th……続きを見る

In Mobilizing Youth, Susan B. Whitney examines how youth moved to the forefront of French politics in the two decades following the First World War. In those years Communists and Catholics forged th……続きを見る

From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleon's favorite sister, with color photos, paintings, and illustrations. Considered by many in Europe to be the most beautiful woman……続きを見る

For the last fifty years, the German Occupation of France has been regarded as a period characterised by four things: cold, hunger, the absence of freedom and above all fear; a time when the indigen……続きを見る

This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bast……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE HUGUENOTS IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES. PREFACE INTRODUCTION REVOCATION OF THE ……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Wellington and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsBelieve me, nothing except a battle lo……続きを見る

Linked footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) PART I. Combat of Weissenburg (4th August) Battle of Wörth (6th August) Battle of Spicheren (6th August) Right-wheel of the German Army Battle of Colombey-N……続きを見る

Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) might never be as well known as his famous father, Charles Bulfinch, who was the architect of the Massachusetts State House and also worked on the U.S.……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Napoleon, Wellington and important people, places and events in their lives.*Includes maps of famous battles, including Austerlitz and Waterloo.*Answers common myths about Napo……続きを見る

Entre son épouse Marie Leckzinska et ses favorites « officielles » comme la marquise de Pompadour et la comtesse du Barry, Louis XV n'aura de cesse d'entretenir des « petites maîtresses », jeunes fi……続きを見る

A first-hand account by one of the participants in the epoch shaping battle of Austerlitz, in December 1805. Accounted by many to be Napoleon's finest victory, this account is alleged to contain his……続きを見る

The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important con……続きを見る

As scandalous as any modern-day celebrity murder trial, the “Giroux affair” was a maelstrom of intrigue, encompassing daggers, poison, adultery, archenemies, servants, royalty, and legal proceedings……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

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon was written by Karl Marx between December 1851 and March 1852, and originally published in 1852 in Die Revolution, a German-language monthly magazine publis……続きを見る

Bref recit et succincte narration de la navigation faite en MDXXXV et MDXXXVI par le Capitaine Jacques Cartier aux iles de Canada Hochelage, Saguenay et autres Voyage de J. Cartier au Canada - Relat……続きを見る

The Franco-War of 1870 marked an absolute watershed: France had been the military and cultural centre-point of mainland Europe for some centuries, its fashion copied, its armies feared and its langu……続きを見る

As a "cutter", or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military on no less than three continents. "In December 1811 he became an assistant surgeon in the 66th Foot, with ……続きを見る

The book that established Thomas Carlyle’s reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a……続きを見る

In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly ……続きを見る

Pre-revolutionary Paris comes to life in this fascinating story surrounding the correspondence between two colorful and witty society figures: the French author Louise d'Épinay and the Italian pries……続きを見る

No one knows a city like the people who live there – so who better to relate the history of Paris than its inhabitants through the ages? Taking us from 1750 to the new millennium, Graham Robb's Pari……続きを見る

Marie Mancini, Louise de La Vallière, La Montespan, La Maintenon...font parties d'une très longue liste : celle des maîtresses de Louis XIV. Bien qu'étant un personnage public, le Roi était un homme……続きを見る

Autobiographies come in many shapes and forms, particularly those of the military genre. In this two-volume work, Field-Marshal Wood charts his remarkable career from the Navy to the highest rank in……続きを見る

A masterful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and played a pivotal role in the end of his domination of Europe. The author served with distinction in the actions o……続きを見る

*Includes famous portraits depicting Richelieu and other important people and events in his life.*Analyzes his legacy in modern politics and foreign policyDeception is the knowledge of kings. Cardi……続きを見る

Where did the baguette come from? A simple enough question, but this search for an answer ranges from the long breads of Babylon and Egypt to the first long (but wide) breads in France to the gradu……続きを見る

'The literary VC goes to without doubt to Max Hastings for his Das Reich . . . the story of a march that left behind a trail of blood and death, torture and heroism' Sunday Telegraph Within days of ……続きを見る

Né pour être roi, il le fut dès l'âge de cinq ans, sous la Régence de sa mère Anne d'Autriche et de son principal ministre le cardinal de Mazarin. C'est à la mort de ce dernier que Louis XIV, âgé de……続きを見る