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by Stephen J Tonsor  Publisher Comments The bicentennial of the French Revolution produced hundreds of articles and books, but none more penetrating than this. --Forrest... (read more)  List Price $19.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Frank Giles Publisher Comments Napoleon Bonaparte never set foot on English soil, although he was held aboard a warship off the coast of Devon after his surrender to the Royal Navy in 1815. Nor did he ever admit to being a prisoner. With its focus on the last six years of Napoleon's... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gillian Tindall Publisher Comments An exceptional work of miniaturist history, THE JOURNEY OF MARTIN NADAUD reconstructs the experiences of an ordinary man who rose to meet the challenges posed by extraordinary times. Through the life of a little known French political figure, Gillian... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Alan Schom Book News Annotation A comprehensive biography covering all aspects of Napoleon's life and career. Describes his military campaigns, his political and structural reorganization of the French government, and his relationships with his wives, mistresses, family members, and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sonja Bullaty Publisher Comments With text by Daniel Pennac, this is a tribute to a land that has long attracted artists from Millet to Van Gogh. When Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo first visited Provence two decades ago, they were struck by the unique way that individuals and nature... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sudhir Hazareesingh Publisher Comments In this innovative study of French political culture, Sudhir Hazareesingh re-examines the origins of modern republicanism through the writings and political practices of five key nineteenth century intellectuals: Jules Barni, Charles Dupont-White, Emile... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $7.58 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Asprey Publisher Comments Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James Smith Allen Publisher Comments Originally published to glowing reviews and literary prizes in France in 1985, this revealing diary not only recounts the moving and tragic relationship of its author, Geneviève Bréton, with the rising young nineteenth-century artist Henri... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $3.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stefan Zweig Publisher Comments Life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has long captivated readers, drawn by accounts of the intrigues and pageantry that came to such a sudden and unexpected end. Stefan Zweig's "Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman" is a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Le Roy Ladurie Publisher Comments The Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was by all accounts, including his own, a sensitive, self-obsessed, ill-tempered man. A courtier and phenomenal chronicler of court life under Louis XIV, he produced the monumental work Memoirs, running to thousands of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Broers Publisher Comments This book looks at the Napoleonic Empire from an entirely new perspective: that of the ruled, rather than the ruler. Broers concentrates on the experience of the peoples of Europe and weaves together a myriad of regional experiences to produce a social... (read more) List Price $53.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kelly Devries Publisher Comments In 1428, a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tale. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin of France, so that he might giver her an army with which to deliver... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary Blume Publisher Comments America and France have always had a special relationship. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the two have enjoyed a love affair of sorts, with all the love/hate dynamics that suggests. From Benjamin Franklin charming Louis XVI to... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ronald Tiersky Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-431) and index.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pierre Birnbaum Publisher Comments A controversial new look at a turning point in modern European history In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a year-long frenzy. In small villages and big cities, angry crowds paraded through the streets, attacking Jews and destroying... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrea Stuart Publisher Comments Josephine Bonaparte was one of the most remarkable women of the modern era. In this acclaimed biography, Andrea Stuart brings her so utterly to life that we finally understand why Napoleon's last word before dying was the name he had given her, Josephine.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Melanie Hawthorne Publisher Comments Discovering the ways gender issues are articulated in the cultures of the extreme right in modern France.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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