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Eleanor of Aquitaine By the Wrath of God by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Eleanor of Aquitaine was a remarkable woman. She was an important factor in the reign of four kings, lived to the ripe old age of 82, bore 10 children and outlived all but two of them. Her sons were kings of England and her daughters queens of Castile... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille by Rosemary Sullivan Publisher Comments The award-winning author of "Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwan" pens the riveting, true story of Europe's intellectual elite in Nazi-occupied France before their daring escape. 16-page photo insert.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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A Summer in Touraine: The Indre Et Loire of France (Travelers) by Frederick Lees Publisher Comments The name Touraine is now meant to refer to that indefinite part of central France celebrated for its historical houses and its natural beauty. The author's aim in this enchanting work is to provide the traveller, armchair and actual, with sufficient... (read more) List Price $221.75 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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Louis XIV by J H Shennan Publisher Comments J. H. Shennan surveys the reign of Louis XIV in three broad, interrelated sections which consider the character and outlook of the King, his domestic and foreign policy, and the personality cult of the Sun King. Shennan focuses particularly on the King's... (read more) List Price $31.75 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Joan of Arc: Her Story by Regine Pernoud Publisher Comments The Titus Crow novels are full of acts of nobility and heroism. Titus Crow and his faithful companion fight the forces of darkness--the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of H.P. Lovecraft--wherever they arise. The powerful Cthulhu and his dark minions are... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paris Then and Now (Then & Now) by Peter Caine Synopsis This book on the City of Light offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then and Now books feature fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dawn, Dusk or Night: A Year with Nicolas Sarkozy by Yasmina Reza Publisher Comments An enormous success in France and a media sensation around the world, Yasmina Rezas Dawn, Dusk or Night will startle English-language readers with its utterly unorthodox (and candid and witty) portrait of a man in his quest for ultimate power. In... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon: The Path to Power by Philip Dwyer Publisher Comments At just thirty years of age, Napoleon Bonaparte ruled the most powerful country in Europe. But the journey that led him there was neither inevitable nor smooth. This authoritative biography focuses on the evolution of Napoleon as a leader and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Testimony: France in the Twenty-First Century by Nicolas Sarkozy Publisher Comments A leading French presidential candidate offers an outspoken, thought-provoking look at his vision for the future of France, criticizing the government of Jacques Chirac and presenting his own take on the problems facing France: immigration, integration... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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Twentieth-Century France: Politics and Society in France 1898-1991 by James F Mcmillan Publisher Comments Originally published as "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this authoritative account has now been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Napoleon's Letters by J M Thompson Publisher Comments Three hundred letters, edited and translated by a leading Napoleonic scholar, offer a direct insight into the mind of one of the greatest soldiers and most interesting figures in history. During his lifetime, Napoleon wrote 60,000 letters, 41,000 of... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism by Philippe Roger Publisher Comments < div> Georges-Louis Buffon, an eighteenth-century French scientist, was the first to promote the widespread idea that nature in the New World was deficient; in America, which he had never visited, dogs don't bark, birds don't sing, and& #8212;... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments 'Napoleon Bonaparte\'s character and achievements have always divided critics and commentators. In this compelling biography, Frank McLynn draws on the most recent scholarship and throws a brilliant light on this most paradoxical of men--as military... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lafayette: Hero of the American Revolution by Gonzague Saint Bris Publisher Comments In this long-overdue history of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, acclaimed French author Gonzague Saint Bris recounts Lafayette's invaluable contributions to the American War of Independence and, later, the French Revolution of 1789. The first study of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution by Ruth Scurr Publisher Comments A riveting biography of the French Revolutions most enigmatic figure that restores him to his pivotal historic place Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for historians,... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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