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France Under Napoleon
by Louis Bergeron Review Bergeron, a distinguished French historian with sympathies for the school, has produced an excellent social history of France in the Napoleonic period.... Highly recommended....
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Through Parisian Eyes: Reflections on Contemporary French Arts and Culture
by Melinda Camb Porter Publisher Comments Melinda Camber Porter has interviewed the most prominent Parisian cultural figures of the ’70s and ’80s. The dominant trends in French artistic and political thought emerge vividly from an array of portraits and dialogues. As a whole, Through...
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The French and Their Revolution
by Richard Cobb Publisher Comments Illuminating essays on daily life during the French Revolution from a master historian....
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Verdict on Vichy
by Michael Curtis Synopsis This title provides a comprehensive history of the Vichy France regime....
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Napoleon
by Roger Dufraisse Publisher Comments This brief political biography is by one of the foremost practitioners of First Empire studies (specializing in social and economic history). This book is designed to provide general readers with a brief overview of a complex man that leans more toward...
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Short History of the French Revolution, 1789-1799
by Albert Soboul Publisher Comments Albert Soboul has held the Chair of the History of the French Revolution at the Sorbone since 1967, and is probably the leading Marxist scholar working in that field today. The book translated here should be regarded more as a synopsis of Professor...
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Napoleon Bonaparte: England's Prisoner
by Frank Giles Publisher Comments Focusing on Napoleons last six yearsfrom initial shipboard captivity with the Royal Navy to his death in exile on St. Helena in 1821historian Frank Giles creates an authentic portrait of the fallen emperor. Napoleon labored to obfuscate his tyranny in...
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Coming Down the Seine (Lost and Found: Classic Travel Writing)
by Robert Gibbings Publisher Comments In part an evocation of the Seine's changing landscapes and rural beauty, this is also an account of towns and cities--Troyes, Rouen, Paris--and their relationship with the river. Looking at writers and painters as well as historic figures who have left...
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A Short History of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D Popkin Publisher Comments /x6003B-0, 0-13-060032-6, Popkin, Jeremy D., A Short History of the French Revolution, 3/Ex/" Written for today's readers, this up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Period offers a shorter, concise alternative to the longer, detailed...
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Louis XIV and Absolutism
by William Beik Synopsis This collection of documents with commentary explores the meaning of absolute monarchy by examining how Louis XIV of France became one of Europe's most famous and successful rulers. It aims to illustrate the complex dynamics of political power during...
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The People of Paris: An Essay in Popular Culture in the 18th Century
by Daniel Roche Publisher Comments In his collective portrait of the common people, Roche offers a rich and fascinating description of their lives--their housing, food, dress, financial dealings, literature, domestic life, and leisure time. Roche's highly readable style and use of...
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Paris (Timeless Places)
by Judith Ma Pasternak Publisher Comments It's the City of Light, the capital of romance, the cultural center of the Western world: that's beautiful Paris, a metropolis of intellect, sensuality, and historical legacy. Every one of the more than 100 magnificent images in this homage captures...
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French Revolutions, 1815-1914: An Introduction
by Sharif Gemie Publisher Comments Moving away from a Paris-centric view of the country, this book examines developments which unfolded across France, including studies of rural socialism in Mediterranean France and peasant monarchism in the West....
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Rage and Fire: A Life of Louise Colet, Pioneer Feminist, Literary Star, Flaubert's Muse
by Francine Du Pl Gray Publisher Comments Gray draws on Louise Colet's recently discovered journals to present a compelling biography of one of the most fascinating women of the 19th century. Colet defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become an award-winning writer and...
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Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism
by Marina Warner Publisher Comments a fresh, cross-disciplinary examination of what's known about Joan's short life and how it has been interpreted by historians, artists, and writers over the centuries since her death....
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Echoes of the Marseillaise: Two Centuries Look Back on the French Revolution (Mason Welch Gross Lecture Series)
by E J Hobsbawm Publisher Comments We can learn a great deal from studying the French Revolution itself, but we can also learn from studying the ways in which scholars have interpreted the French Revolution, and from the ways their views have changed. For over a century following the...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World's Classics)
by Edmund Burke Publisher Comments This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a...
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Joan of Arc (Penguin Lives Biographies)
by Mary Gordon Publisher Comments With the passion and grace that mark her bestselling novels of women and faith, Mary Gordon contemplates one of history's earliest and most powerful female martyrs....
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Concise History of France
by Roger Price Publisher Comments The new Concise History is an accessible and highly illustrated history of France, from the middle ages to Mitterrand....
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The Napoleonic Empire (Studies in European History)
by Geoffrey Ellis Publisher Comments This book offers a synthesis of the central issues raised in that debate and critically assesses findings of historians during the past. Beginning with Napoleon's inheritance, and ending with his legacy, the author balances the conflicting evidence for...
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