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ANY ONE who seeks to understand the stirring period in which we are now living becomes quickly aware that he must first know the history of the French Revolution, a movement that inaugurated a new e……続きを見る

Awa is a dutiful daughter, and she knows that certain decisions aren't hers to make, so when her family pledges her to marry someone who's just a friend, she is resigned to her duty. When that marri……続きを見る

The enfranchisement of women in Charles de Gaulle's France in 1944 is considered a potent element in the nation's self-crafted, triumphant World War Two narrative: the French, conquered by the Germa……続きを見る

Two books by Maurice Rajsfus, a French activist and former investigative journalist for Le Monde, who shares his research and personal recollections in order to shed new light on France's role in th……続きを見る

Offering a fresh critical perspective on this momentous event, Andrew Shennan examines both the continuities and discontinuities that resulted from the events of 1940. The main focus is on the Frenc……続きを見る

First published in 1929, this book represents Volume III in a series of three volumes. It covers the Napoleonic period of 1813-1821, following on from Napoleon's return from the Campaign of Russia a……続きを見る

The Legion of the Damned tells the story of Bennett Jeffries Doty, an American soldier and adventurer who enlisted in the Foreign Legion, fought in Syria, deserted, and was captured and then sentenc……続きを見る

IN his fiery, adventurous youth he joined the Union Army in our Civil War, and became vitally interested in aeronautics AS a man he was known as the most fearless and audacious officer the Württembe……続きを見る

First published in 1927, this book represents Volume I in a series of three volumes. It covers the Napoleonic period of 1769 through to 1809: from his beginnings in Corsica to battle in Spain. "It i……続きを見る

"Spain is a dream world, steeped in mysticism, locked in tradition, charged with violence, inhabited by the most delightful, the most courtly, the most gracious, barbarians."ーLucy Herndon Crockett,……続きを見る

First published in 1928, this book represents Volume II in a series of three volumes. It covers the Napoleonic period of 1809-1813, following on from Napoleon's return from Spain and ending with the……続きを見る

FRENCH historians, anxious to vindicate in all things the priority of their nation, point out that in 1512, five years before Luther denounced the sale of indulgences, Lefevre, a lecturer on theolog……続きを見る

Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes.Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Mazarin en moins d'une heure ! D'origine modeste, Jules Mazarin a réussi à se hisser dans les hautes sphères du pouvoir et à préparer le jeune Louis XIV……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le règne d'Henri IV en moins d'une heure ! S'il est bien un roi de France qui a marqué l'Histoire, c'est bien Henri IV. Prince protestant et roi de Nava……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la monarchie française en moins d’une heure ! Si la France est aujourd'hui une République, il n'en a pas toujours été ainsi. En effet, l'Histoire de Fra……続きを見る

Dissenter from the Fourth Crusade, disseised earl of Leicester, leader of the Albigensian Crusade, prince of southern France: Simon of Montfort led a remarkable career of ascent from mid-level Frenc……続きを見る

Paris dans tous ses états. Avec la Révolution française, l'histoire de la capitale était le sujet de prédilection du maître de la " petite histoire ". En conjuguant talent d'enquêteur et art de la n……続きを見る

This study analyzes the impact of color-making technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumière brothers’ perfection……続きを見る

L'autobiographie de Col. René Fonck, pilote de chasse pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, il est l'« as des as » français et alliés avec 75 victoires officiellement homologuées. L'Allemand Richthof……続きを見る

First published in 1959, this is an enthralling account of the Battle of Trafalgar viewed in perspective of Lord Nelson's personal career, and of the struggle for naval supremacy in the Napoleonic W……続きを見る

First published in English in 1940, this fascinating memoir details Cardinal Richelieu's rise to power from bishop to cardinal and King Louis XIII's chief minister. Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, ……続きを見る

First published in 1960, this is a gripping account of the decisive sea battle between the forces of Napoleon and the British under Nelson in 1798. The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle o……続きを見る

The battles of St. Vincent and Camperdown mark the turning of the tide in the war against the French Revolution. They form the necessary prelude to the better-known victories of the Nelsonian epoch ……続きを見る

'Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.' ーfrom 'The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna' by Charles Wolfe One of the best remembered poems in the English ……続きを見る

First published in 1961, this is a fascinating account of the battle between the fleets of the England's Lord Howe and France's Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse during the French Revolutionary Wars. Known a……続きを見る

An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. "ONCE again J. M. Thompson has given us a colorf……続きを見る

1789-1795 were years of revolutionary drama in Franceーof struggle protest, war-fever, exasperation, terror, ambition and bloodshed. Few of the many who are remembered from the time were great men, ……続きを見る

« La campagne de 1805, Iéna, Eylau, Tilsit, Wagram, la Russie, 1813 et 1815 (en Alsace) sont évoqués dans ces vivants mémoires. » p. 17 Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Des Mémoires Su……続きを見る

An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall……続きを見る