France 20

The dignity of Marshal of France was to be the apogee of success for any general in Napoleonic France, since the Emperor only created 26 during his years on the throne. Fame, riches and high station……続きを見る

Jeanne Louise Henriette Genet Campan, born Henriette Genet in 1752, died in 1822 à Mantes, was known in later life for her efforts in education but is best known to history for her memoirs o……続きを見る

His novel Emile: or, On Education is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. Due to a section of the book entitled “Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar,” Emile was ban……続きを見る

Ce livre raconte la vie et la manière dont Louis XII, roi de France, a traversé son époque et laissé une empreinte indélébile dans le coeur des Franç……続きを見る

An oft-forgotten number of British sailors, soldiers and merchantmen were taken prisoner during the long years of the Napoleonic Wars. Ranging from men such as Captain Moyle Sherer, who was captured……続きを見る

Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène est l'œuvre majeure du comte de Las Cases, où il a consigné jour après jour, tout ce qu'a dit et fait Napoléon durant le temps où il a partagé son exil à Sainte-Hélène. ……続きを見る

In the terrific bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater, bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER 'She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside' BELLA ……続きを見る

An anthology of memoirs of the Peninsular War and the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. This second volume includes two accounts from either end (chronologically) of Captain Cooke's narrati……続きを見る

The much wounded Count Rapp recounts his services under the Emperor Napoleon across Europe and into the depths of Russia. His frequent battlefield exploits, including a decisive charge with the Impe……続きを見る

This book forms part of General Beatson's trilogy dealing with the campaigns in and around the Pyrenees during late 1813 and 1814 and they are rightly acknowledged as the standard works on these cam……続きを見る

*Weaves the lives of Nelson and Wellington together in one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes pictures of Nelson, Wellington, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*I……続きを見る

Dyer and Hassals A History of Modern Europe from the Fall of Constantinople to the War of Crimea A.D. 1453-1900 is an expansive, six volume history of Western Europe. Volume II discusses the affairs……続きを見る

Marie Antoinette is most famously remembered as 'Madame Deficit'. Unlike the image portrayed by those who led the French Revolution, Marie was a well-intentioned philanthropist, devoted mother, and ……続きを見る

Little Jeanne of France By Madeline Brandeis. Producer of the Motion Pictures "The Little Indian Weaver" "The Wee Scotch Piper" "The Little Dutch Tulip Girl" "The Little Swiss Wood Carver" Distribut……続きを見る

The guns that boomed over the Napoleonic battlefield could be fired at a rate of two rounds a minute, blasting all and sundry in range to tiny pieces. No small wonder that the artillery of the perio……続きを見る

Much has been written about the life of Napoleon, whose actions dominated the beginning of the Nineteenth century; his campaigns have been charted in great detail as have his political manoeuvres; h……続きを見る

Laura Levine Frader’s synthesis of labor history and gender history brings to the fore failures in realizing the French social model of equality for all citizens. Challenging previous scholarship, s……続きを見る

Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability using o……続きを見る

Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke’s prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern co……続きを見る

Many memoirs of the Napoleonic period are recounting, more or less interesting dependant on the author, of the events of their service interspersed by anecdotes of interesting events, Elzéar Blaze e……続きを見る

This is a brief outline of the works of some of the French illustrators and Artists turned illustrators who were popular during the 1890's. 続きを見る

"Gossipy and revealing memoirs of the Anglo-Portuguese soldier who was present at most of the actions of the Peninsular War from Corunna to Salamanca. Warre was rare in having an inside knowledge of……続きを見る

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

À la mort de Louis XIII, Mazarin, qui avait succédé à Richelieu comme principal ministre, poursuit ses fonctions auprès d’Anne, régente de France pendant la minorité de son fils Louis XIV. Jusqu'où ……続きを見る

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French R……続きを見る

A fascinating look at the history of painting and sculpture in France by American journalist and literary critic W. C. Brownell. 続きを見る

**About the book:**A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among ……続きを見る

The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War (16181648) in the Holy Roman Empire……続きを見る

« PION DES LOCHES (Antoine-Augustin), 1770-1819. Mes campagnes (1792-1815). Notes et correspondance du colonel d'artillerie Pion des Loches, mises en ordre et publiées par Maurice Chipon et Léonce P……続きを見る

This book is the second of seven volumes of C. K. Scott Moncrieff's popular translation of Proust's massive semi-autobiographical novel, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. In this, Proust continues his ……続きを見る