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The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War
by Graham Robb  Publisher Comments A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even...
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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
by Robert Darnton Publisher Comments When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730's held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in...
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Salamanca 1812: Wellington Crushes Marmont (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Ian Fletcher Publisher Comments Salamanca was the most decisive battle of the entire Peninsular War. Wellington smashed Marmont's French Army and his pursuit of its shattered remnants led to the famous cavalry charge of the King's German Legion at Garcia Hernandez. There would be two...
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Something to Declare: Essays on France and French Culture
by Julian Barnes Synopsis Barnes' long and passionate relationship with La Belle France began 40 years ago, and in these essays on the country and its culture, he combines a lively appreciation, a seemingly infinite sphere of reference, and prose as stylish as classic haute...
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Marengo 1800: Napoleon's Day of Fate (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by David Hollins Publisher Comments Having returned from Egypt and seized power as First Consul, Napoleon led the Army of the Reserve against the Austrian Army besieging Genoa. After a period of skirmishing and maneuvering, Melas, the Austrian commander, launched a surprise attack on the...
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Vittoria 1813: Wellington Sweeps the French from Spain (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Ian Fletcher Publisher Comments Despite Wellington's success against Marmont's army at Salamanca in July, the year of 1812 ended in bitter disappointment for the British. After occupying Madrid Wellington's troops were repulsed at Burgos. The subsequent retreat in October and November...
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Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern Europe (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Geoffrey Wootten Publisher Comments The climax and decisive conclusion of more than 20 years of war, Waterloo was indeed 'a close-run thing', matching two of the world's greatest generals and its three most formidable armies. This volume covers the entire Hundred Days campaign, with colour...
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The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour
by Joan Dejean Publisher Comments What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory? Why does a special occasion only become really special when a champagne cork pops? Why are diamonds the status symbol gemstone, instantly signifying wealth, power,...
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Work and Revolution in France: The Language of Labor from the Old Regime to 1848
by William Hami Sewell Publisher Comments Work and Revolution in France is particularly appropriate for students of French history interested in the crucial revolutions that took place in 1789, 1830, and 1848. Sewell has reconstructed the artisans’world from the corporate communities of...
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Jena 1806: Napoleon Destroys Prussia (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by David G Chandler Publisher Comments The 1806 campaign ranks among Napoleon's greatest military achievements. In just 33 days, the Grande Armee won two decisive battles in Blitzkrieg fashion. Here the author describes and analyses the strategy of the campaign, and the twin battles of Jena...
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Little Money Street: In Search of Gypsies and Their Music in the South of France (Vintage Departures)
by Fernanda Eberstadt Publisher Comments In 1998, Fernanda Eberstadt, her husband, and their two small children moved from New York to an area outside Perpignan, France — a city with one of the largest Gypsy populations in Western Europe. Here she found a jealously guarded culture, a...
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Memoirs of the Comtesse De Boigne Volume 1
by Comtesse De Boigne Publisher Comments "We must rejoice at the publication of these memoirs. . . . Providing portraits and some unforgettable scenes with a keen sense of detail, Mme de Boigne's memoirs were greatly admired by Marcel Proust."-Victor...
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The Fall of Napoleon, Volume I: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813-1814 (Cambridge Military Histories)
by Michael Leggiere Publisher Comments This book tells the story of the invasion of France at the twilight of Napoleon??'s empire. With over a million men under arms throughout central Europe, Coalition forces poured over the Rhine River to invade France between late November 1813 and early...
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Corunna 1809: Sir John Moore's Fighting Retreat (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Phi Haythornthwaite Publisher Comments Late in 1808 Sir John Moore, virtually alone with his small British army and facing the French led by Napoleon himself, fell back towards Corunna. The retreat became an arduous trial, traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of...
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Badajoz 1812: Wellington's Bloodiest Siege (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by Ian Fletcher Publisher Comments The storming of Badajoz was an epic action which involved Wellington's infantry in some of the most savage hand-to-hand fighting of the whole Peninsular War. At appalling cost in a nightmare assault during the night of April 6, 1812, Wellington's...
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Neither Right Nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France
by Zeev Sternhell Review The issues raised by Sternhell's extraordinary book have rarely been so rigorously and systematically presented. His argument may be summed up in a single statement: the penetration of fascism into French society, particularly among the intellectuals...
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Vimeiro 1808: Wellesley's First Victory in the Peninsular (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series,)
by Rene Chartrand Publisher Comments Napoleon, fed up with Portugal's non-compliance to his Continental System which was aimed at isolating Britain, ordered the inasion of Britains oldest ally in November 1807. The French occupation was harsh in 1808 the Portuguese revolted and some of the...
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Gravelotte-St-Privat 1870: End of the Second Empire (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by Philipp Elliot-wright Publisher Comments Probably the hardest fought of all the battles of the Franco-Prussian War, Gravelotte-St-Privat shatters the myth of French inferiority to the Prussian army. Marshal Bazaine's French Army of the Rhine was attempting to retreat on Verdun when it was...
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Essays in French Colonial History: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society
by A J B Johnston Publisher Comments A wide-ranging collection that explores many new and innovative facets of the French experience outre mer. The contributors, a mix of established experts and younger scholars, examine French activity in North America, the West Indies, Africa, and South...
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The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814
by Richard Woodman Publisher Comments Although Nelson's stunning victory at Trafalgar did not immediately win the war, it gave the Royal Navy the freedom to exploit the unprecedented seapower it had achieved. The threatfrom the French battlefleet was never entirely eliminated, but the...
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