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Depuis son apparition à la fin du XIXe siècle sous la forme industrielle, la nouvelle énergie électrique s’est immiscée dans les paysages métropolitains, industriels ou ruraux. Mais cette immixtion,……続きを見る

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert's 'An Account of the Destruction of the Jesuits in France' provides a detailed and scholarly examination of the events leading to the suppression of the Jesuits in France. Wr……続きを見る

Jean d’Arras’s splendid prose romance of Melusine, written for Jean de Berry, the brother of King Charles V of France, is one of the most significant and complex literary works of the later Middle A……続きを見る

“If I had had two Marshals like Suchet I should not only have conquered Spain, but have kept it." This was the measured and just opinion of Marshal Suchet. Out of the graveyard for reputation that S……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 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

Coffee, tea and chocolate were all still newcomers to France when the eighteenth century historian Le Grand d'Aussy wrote his history of French food and drink. He includes his look at what was then……続きを見る

4 works of Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans French duchess and later regent of Lorraine and Bar (1676-1744) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans……続きを見る

Contient Les Industries Inconnues, La Childebert, Les Oiseaux de nuit, La Villa des Chiffonniers. Édition augmentée d'un index thématique. Privat d’Anglemont fait partie de la famille des flâneurs, ……続きを見る

French Anti-Americanism offers a historical exploration of the central role of anti-Americanism in French thought, and the often compromised position of France's intelligentsia during World War II. ……続きを見る

Situation actuelle Joseph d’Haussonville, historien et homme politique français (1809-1884) Ce livre numérique présente «Situation actuelle», de Joseph d’Haussonvil……続きを見る

Childéric Roi des Francs - Tome II Anne-Marie de Beaufort d'Hautpoul, femme de lettres française (1763-1837) Ce livre numérique présente «Childéric Roi des ……続きを見る

Paul Cravath was a prominent New York lawyer and partner of the law firm known as Cravath, Swaine and Moore: a leader of the Anglophile “Atlantacist” movement that preached closer ties with Britain ……続きを見る

Laure Junot, Duchesse d’Abrantes stands as one of the most influential figures in shaping the Napoleonic era: she was no statesman, military or civil leader, but she was a hugely well connected memb……続きを見る

Laure Junot, Duchesse d’Abrantes stands as one of the most influential figures in shaping the Napoleonic era: she was no statesman, military or civil leader, but she was a hugely well connected memb……続きを見る

Contains over 100 maps, photos and illustrations “Formed in Egypt in March 1916 the division arrived in France a month later. It acquired an elite status, fought on the Somme, at Messines and Third ……続きを見る

This excerpt from Le Grand d'Aussy's classic work on the history of French private life explores the history of beer, cider and spirits in France from the Gauls to Le Grand's own time (the late eigh……続きを見る

This study reviews the problems of the German General Staff during the First World War in an attempt to highlight successes and understand failures. The investigation focuses on the traditional staf……続きを見る

Die Französische Revolution war ein Experimentierfeld für die Neugestaltung der modernen Gesellschaft. Auf allen gesellschaftspolitisch relevanten Ebenen wurden neue Praktiken ausprobiert und emanzi……続きを見る

Biographie de Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve par Paul-Gabriel d'Haussonvillede l'Académie française. Alors que la biographie de A.-J. Pons est essentiellement centrée sur les amo……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'Empereur ordonnait à tous ceux qui avaient une position dans l'État de beaucoup recevoir, et surtout d'inviter les étrangers de distinction. Il y avait alors à Paris deux ou trois maiso……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le traité de Versailles en moins d’une heure ! Le 28 juin 1919, la signature du traité de Versailles entre les puissances alliées et l’Allemagne vaincue……続きを見る

Extrait : "Une partie de nos colonies fut restituée à la France par le traité de 1814 ; nos établissements sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique furent de ce nombre ; mais le gouvernement Anglais ne man……続きを見る

“Next after the greatest military personage of the century, Napoleon I., the most perfect is Marshal Bugeaud.” Originally published following the disastrous Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and soon aft……続きを見る

This paper examines the development of the American Army corps structure during World War I. The corps formation developed in World War I by General John J. Pershing was the culmination of 56 years ……続きを見る

Souvenirs d’un page de la cour de Louis XVI sont les mémoires de Charles-Alexandre-François-Félix, comte de France d'Hézecques, baron de Mailly (1774 - 1835).   Ce……続きを見る

This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects ……続きを見る

This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career……続きを見る

Few military leaders have been as successful or as flamboyant as Maurice Marshal de Saxe, who reigned supreme in the tangled wars that raged across Europe during the early-Eighteenth Century. In thi……続きを見る

In this brief and readable study, noted biographer Edmund d’Auvergne recounts the life and times of Napoleon III and the times that reigned across Europe. An arch political schemer he capitalised on……続きを見る