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by Joseph Strayer  Publisher Comments Interprets thirteenth-century crusades in terms of the development of Europe, especially France<BR>... (read more)  List Price $18.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Charles A Riley Publisher Comments Writing in a vivid style that transports the reader back to that vibrant time, Riley presents a panorama of the arts scene in Paris and the Riviera in the 1920s, providing fascinating insights based on letters, diaries, journals, and private archives as... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $14.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Christine P Algrant Publisher Comments From her beginnings amid anonymity in early-eighteenth-century Paris, to her reign as the undisputed mistress of Versailles, Madame de Pompadour traces the life of a truly remarkable self-made woman whose astonishing rise confounded the most experienced... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by J Rand Taraborrelli Publisher Comments Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars, she was exhausted by the show-business lifestyle. If she married Rainier, she would... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Timoth Wilson Smith Publisher Comments Napoleon may have caused more men's deaths than any martial leader before him. Indeed, "the paths of glory Napoleon trod," biographer Timothy Wilson-Smith estimates in his introduction, "led possibly one million Frenchmen, and maybe as many as four... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $21.88 Your price $5.40 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Leigh Ann Whaley Publisher Comments This book rewrites the history of the revolution from the viewpoint of the men who lay at its core. The radicals-- these men campaigned for ever more far-reaching reforms both in the legislative assemblies and without.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $2.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Janet Flanner Publisher Comments This portrait of a city and an era is drawn from the the author's celebrated "Letter from Paris," a series that appeared in The New Yorker from 1925 to 1975 over the signature "Genê t." Edited by William Shawn; Index.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Bolster Publisher Comments Talented and resolutely independent, Marie d'Agoult (1805-76) was one of the most remarkable women of her time. Abandoning her privileged position in society, she eloped with her great love, the pianist and composer Franz Liszt, and later won fame as a... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $4.49 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Willian H C Smith Publisher Comments This biography offers not just the story of Napoleon Bonaparte himself, but the history of his entire family during their time of rule. Although Napoleon I began life in an impoverished noble family, through his astonishing military career he was crowned... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Cobb Publisher Comments Illuminating essays on daily life during the French Revolution from a master historian.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $4.18 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Eugen Weber Publisher Comments Fifty years after reaching France by way of school in England, Eugen Weber presents a series of illuminations on the country he loves, and whose civilization he has made the centre of his life's work. "My France" focuses on some of the most intriguing... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Curtis Synopsis This title provides a comprehensive history of the Vichy France regime.... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joan Dejean 
Publisher Comments What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory -- a luxe handbag, for example? Why is it that people all over the world share the conviction that a special occasion only becomes really special when a champagne... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nicholas Delbanco Publisher Comments Running in Place is a stunning evocation of Provencal culture and history. An acclaimed novelist and essayist, Nicholas Delbanco provides a vivid portrait of a paradise still pure but not immune to progress. A perfect book for anyone who loves the work... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Princess Michael Publisher Comments Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, "The Serpent and the Moon" is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world's greatest love stories: the lifelong devotion of King Henri II of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.98 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Colin Jones Publisher Comments There can be few more mesmerizing historical narratives than the story of how the confident monarchy left by Louis XIV in 1715 became the discredited failure toppled by revolution in 1789. This brilliant new book is the first in forty years to describe... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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