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The lives of the sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine are the stuff of legend. Her daughters, however, are less well known, and the fascinating personalities ...
The Franco-Prussian War did not end with the catastrophic French defeat at Sedan on 1 September 1870 when an entire French army surrendered, the Emperor ...
An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution and how it could have been avoided, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying ...
One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Simon Schama's Citizens- A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural ...
In early October 1795, Napoleon Bonaparte led the governing Directory's army against the rioting royalists in Paris (who were rebelling to restore the monarchy ...
The life of Vincent de Paul, the great apostle of charity, is one of the most inspiring of all the Christian saints and his legacy ...
A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers: France's Louis XVI
"The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI ...
A prism into the most controversial period of twentieth-century French history, from one of the great contemporary historians of France
Few images more shocked the ...
A bold account of property reform during the French Revolution, arguing that the lofty democratic ideals enshrined by revolutionary leaders were rarely secured in practice-with ...
A short, brilliant and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the rights of man and ...
The second part of an infamous memoir about life in the time of Napoleon by a rebellious literary celebrity.
In 1800, Fran ois-Rene de Chateaubriand ...
Paris: city of love, food and fashion.
Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas.
Paris: a modern metropolis.
Paris is ...
A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today ...
New in paperback - In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources, and the wealth of recent first-rate scholarship, and assessed which ...