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Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik Publisher Comments Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner — in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments Fraser's definitive biography excites compassion and regard for all aspects of her subject, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but also in the unraveling of an era. 60 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Politics on the Fringe: The People, Policies, and Organization of the French National Front by Edward G Declair Publisher Comments Once a marginal political coalition, the French National Front has become the most high-profile far-right organization in Europe. In Politics on the Fringe Edward G. DeClair provides the first extensive analysis of the Front’s history, from its... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Social Change in Modern France: Towards a Cultural Anthropology of the Fifth Republic by Henri Mendras and Alistair Cole Publisher Comments Social Change in Modern France is a concise and lucid account of the profound transformations that have reshaped French society over the past thirty years. The authors show how the characteristic institutions of the Third Republic have been weakened... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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The Master and Minerva by Helen Solterer Publisher Comments Can words do damage? For medieval culture, the answer was unambiguously yes. And as Helen Solterer contends, in French medieval culture the representation of women exemplified the use of injurious language. Solterer investigates the debates over women... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Francois Mitterrand: A Study in Political Leadership by Alistair Cole Publisher Comments This fully updated paperback edition will be invaluable for students of contemporary European politics as well as those interested in the career of one of post-war Europe's leading statesmen.... (read more) List Price $63.95 Your price: $1.75 Used - Trade Paper
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The Coming of the French Revolution: With a New Preface by R.R. Palmer (Princeton Paperbacks) by Georges Lefebvre Review Much more than a history of 1789. . . . A synthesis, conveying a philosophy of the Revolution as a whole, such as could be written only by a seasoned scholar. . . . The smooth, careful translation preserves the literary merit of the French prose.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford History of the French Revolution by William Doyle Publisher Comments This second edition of the most authoritative and comprehensive history of the French Revolution draws on a wealth of new research in order to reassess the greatest of all revolutions. It includes a generous chronology of events and an extended... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy by Jeffrey Greene Publisher Comments Chapter OneThe Presbytery How is it that real estate agents know even before they look at you, as they shout on the phone to a colleague, that you are a waste of their time? They must develop a sixth sense to spot dreamers, like us, who know nothing... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Man Behind the Iron Mask by John Noone Publisher Comments "For more than three hundred years the legend of 'the man in the iron mask' has held a place on the stage of human enquiry and debate. From the time of his incarceration during the reign of Louis XIV right through to our modern day, the awful fate of the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The French (Kodansha Globe) by Theodore Zeldin Publisher Comments A BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IRRITATED, IGNORED, AMUSES, OR PERPLEXED BY THE FRENCH. French cuisine, French style, and French wine are internationally renowned and familiar, but for most of the English-speaking world, the French people remain an enigma.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Age of Napoleon by J Christopher Herold Publisher Comments Called an outstanding work of popular history by The New York Times, this book is the biography of an enigmatic and legendary personality, as well as the portrait of an entire age. The author explores relevant political, cultural, military, commercial... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie Publisher Comments During the most terrible years of World War II, when inhumanity and political insanity held most of the world in their grip and the Nazi domination of Europe seemed irrevocable and unchallenged, a miraculous event took place in a small Protestant town... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Terrible Year the Paris Commune 1871 by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments From the author of "The Price Of Glory: Verdun 1961" and "The Age Of Napoleon". A bestselling historian on a crucial episode in French history.... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Discoveries: Napoleon: My Ambition Was Great (Discoveries) by Thierry Lentz Publisher Comments - The titles in this popular series have a proven track record. - It is a graphic teaching tool, with maps and varied, attractive illustrations. - Its concise treatment of this complex personality manages not only to tell Napoleon's history, but... (read more) List Price $12.75 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer (P.S.) by Eleanor Clark Publisher Comments On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal by Robert Alter Review [An] excellent and balanced biography. -- Julia Epstein - Washington Post Book... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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And God Created the French by Louis Be Robitaille Synopsis This is a detailed view of how French society really works, with its hidden codes, unspoken rules, tribal loyalties and attachment to the past, satirical pieces on anything and everything French from King Louis XIV to Charles de Gaulle, from... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Provence by Steffen Lipp Publisher Comments In this superb collection of colour photographs, Steffen Lipp captures the sublime beauty of this cultural landscape.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Flexible
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Guillotine: The Timbers of Justice by Robert Frederi Opie Publisher Comments This is a gruesomely interesting tale, rich in detail and teeming with extraordinary personalities. It is a very human history, recounting some of the most diabolical uses of human inventiveness, and also some of the most touching pleas for mercy.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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