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In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial Chinaーthe Yuanmingyuan. Known in t……続きを見る

A groundbreaking work that places the mechanical arts and the world of making at the heart of the Enlightenment What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective of artistes, the learned ……続きを見る

Un florilège de récits régionaux. Ce livre est un recueil de petites histoires ayant pour cadre le département des Pyrénées-Orientales. Il ne s’agit pas de fiction, mais bien de faits réels. Pour ce……続きを見る

La Normandie a enfin son ouvrage pour les Nuls ! A 12,95€ seulement, un ouvrage de référence, historique et culturel, sur la région. Vous êtes normand de cœur, d'origine ou d'adoption ? Vous pouvez ……続きを見る

A captivating portrait of those who lived, loved, fought, played and flourished in Paris between 1940 and 1950 and whose intellectual and artistic output still influences us today After the horrors ……続きを見る

This book offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of the Napoleonic Empire by exploring the issue of language within four pivotal institutions - the school, the army, the courtroom and the……続きを見る

Paris, the capital of France, is one of the most popular destinations in the world. The "City of Lights" is renowned for many things. Its history, beauty, high quality of life, cosmopolitanism, art,……続きを見る

C'est en replongeant dans le contexte social et géopolitique tourmenté du 15ème siècle que nous retrouvons ici l'histoire de Jeanne d'Arc, héroïne pour les uns, sorcière pour les autres. Mais qui fu……続きを見る

In a world dominated by poverty, a central characteristic has been the plight of orphans and abandoned children. Over the centuries, State, Church and individuals have all attempted to tackle the is……続きを見る

Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we expla……続きを見る

There is no more marvellous story in human history than that of Napoleon I., Emperor of the French. His career is one long demonstration of the reality of the proverb, "Truth is stranger than fictio……続きを見る

Le présent Catalogue du Musée de Castres (3me édition) se divise en quatre sections ou séries  : 1° Tableaux 97 nos 2° Statues et Bustes 41 » 3° Gravures 25 » 4° Galerie Historique du pays Castrais ……続きを見る

Considéré comme étant l'un des grands historiens du XIXe siècle, Jules MICHELET (1798-1874) est doué d’un immense talent littéraire. Libéral et anticlérical, il a donné naissance à travers ses ouvra……続きを見る

As the tricolor rose over revolutionary France, language, with its ability to define ideals and allegiances, was both a threat to authority and weapon to be wielded. In the early years of the Republ……続きを見る

C  ’est l’heure du repos, du silence et du songe  : Il pleut dans la nuit noire  ; aucun reflet, nul bruit  ; Rien qu’un ruissellement qui sans fin se prolonge Dans l’immobilité, le silence et la nu……続きを見る

This book explores the responses of the Roman Catholic Church to the French Revolution beginning in 1789, to the liberal revolution in 1830, and particularly the democratic revolution of 1848 in Fra……続きを見る

In the aftermath of the First World War, the victorious powers – more or less liberal democracies – argued that democracy would bring peace to Europe because this was the only effective way for legi……続きを見る

« J’me souviendrai toujours de ce 18 novembre 1941 et de mon dernier repas familial. J’ai pas avalé grand chose. Ce jour-là, j’étais de l’après-midi et j’suis parti le cœur bien lourd. Quelques heur……続きを見る

When Julius Caesar invaded the country, some fifty years before the birth of Christ, he found it divided into three principal parts: there was Aquitaine, the land of springs and waters, extending, i……続きを見る

Treize affaires criminelles saisissantes, pour découvrir sous un nouveau jour le pays des mines et des beffrois. À Oignies et Ostricourt le mineur Valentin Hudziak, capturé à Noyelles-sous-Lens et g……続きを見る

Originally published in 1930, this is a fascinating historical biography of Henry III, who was the King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610, having inherited the throne of Navarre on the death of his mothe……続きを見る

Learning the lessons of WWII Anti-insurgency In mid-1945, the Allies could see the end of the war in Europe approaching quickly. And, with Germany's bitter resistance continuing it was clear that th……続きを見る

This book provides a study of the manner in which the Roman Catholic Church in France responded to successive revolutions between 1789 and 1870 as well as to the cultural upheaval associated with ac……続きを見る

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart……続きを見る

Alexandre Dumas' Werk "Joseph Balsamo" ist ein faszinierender historischer Roman, der von Intrigen, Rache und geheimen Machenschaften im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts handelt. Dumas' charakteristi……続きを見る

Historian Virginia Bernhard has deftly woven together the memoirs and letters of three American soldiersーHenry Sheahan, Mike Hogg, and George Wytheーto capture a vivid, poignant portrayal of what i……続きを見る

This volume explores how France’s ‘modernising mission’ unfolded during the post-war period and its reverberations in the decades after empire. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France sough……続きを見る

Le tueur du Paris-Mulhouse, l’insaisissable criminel du rail Criminel audacieux, Charles Jud a terrorisé les voyageurs de la ligne Paris-Mulhouse. Un professeur de médecine russe et surtout un haut ……続きを見る

Messieurs les Allemands, au détour d’un chemin Vous m’avez arrêté, les armes à la main… Je ne suis pas soldat, n’ayant pas l’uniforme. Vos édits sont formels, ー et je les avais lus. Je serai fusill……続きを見る

C'est à vingt ans que Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart entre à la Cour de France pour prendre rang parmi les filles d'honneur de Madame, belle sœur de Louis XIV. Trois ans plus tard, en 1663, ……続きを見る