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The epic career of Napoleon was brought to a shattering end on the evening of June 18, 1815, when his hastily formed legions faced the Anglo-Allied armies under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the only time these men -- the two greatest captains of their age -- fought against each other. Waterloo, once it was over, put an end to twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and led to a century of relative peace and progress...
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Robert Louis Stevenson's 1878 travelogue, An Inland Voyage, details his canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. Pioneering new ground in outdoor literature, this was Stevenson's first book. He had decided to become free from his parent's financial support so that he might freely pursue the woman he loved; to support himself he wrote travelogues, most notably An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
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The "Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson" is a collection of letters written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters cover a wide range of topics and provide insight into Stevenson's personal life, as well as his thoughts and experiences as a writer. The letters are arranged chronologically and offer a unique perspective on Stevenson's life, from his childhood and education, to his travels and his writing career. The letters also...
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"The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture, the "Belle Époque." The era is seen as the height of a lost way of life that remains emblematic of what it means to be French. In a vast range of texts and images, it appears as a carefree time full of joie de vivre, fanfare and frills, artistic daring, and scientific innovation. The Moulin Rouge shared the stage with the Universal Exposition, Toulouse-Lautrec...
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"A rollicking historical account of Marguerite Steinheil ('the Red Widow"), a real-life French femme fatale who used her influence to arrange governmental appointments, blackmailed her opponents, and may have even attempted to poison those who got in the way of her agenda--and also mysteriously survived a home invasion that left her husband and mother dead, leaving the police with more questions than answers. For readers of The Radium Girls and Sin...
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The autobiography of the spouse of the prominent Hungarian politician and revolutionary Ferenc Pulszky. It offers an intriguing female perspective on the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and the subsequent war of independence-the failure of which resulted in the couple being forced to flee to England, where she composed this account of the tumultuous period.
Theresa Pulszky (7 January 1819—4 September 1866), also known as Terézia Pulszky, was an...
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Premier titre d'une nouvelle collection développée en partenariat avec la première chaîne de télévision belge RTBF, Sur les traces de Napoléon suit le parcours de ce guerrier d'exception sur le territoire belge, d'Hestrud à Waterloo, cherchant ainsi l'empreinte historique qu'il y a laissée, près de deux cents ans après son passage. Jean-Louis Lahaye s'entoure d'intervenants pour aller au plus près de ce personnage historique. Il s'attarde...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la bataille de Waterloo en moins d'une heure !
Nous sommes le 18 juin 1815, il est 11 h 15 lorsque Napoléon Ier lance l'assaut. L'enjeu est capital. S'il parvient à vaincre les Britanniques, les Néerlandais et les Prussiens venus l'arrêter, l'Empire pourrait renaître. Dans le cas contraire, c'en est fini de ses rêves de conquête. Son destin se joue donc aujourd'hui.
Tout en nous plongeant au...
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Le 19 juillet 1870, le premier secrétaire d'ambassade de France à Berlin remet au ministère des Affaires étrangères de Prusse, la déclaration de guerre de son pays. Le 1er septembre, l'armée impériale est vaincue à Sedan. Napoléon III est prisonnier. Le 4 septembre, la République est proclamée à Paris. Elle poursuit la guerre, mais n'a quasiment plus d'armée.
L'ouvrage retrace les grandes phases de la guerre de 1870-1871, qui a fait...
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Extrait : "Il est dans l'histoire des peuples certaines époques brillantes o le génie et les talents abondent et o, dans tous les genres à la fois, les facultés de l'homme semblent atteindre leur plus complet développement. Cette glorieuse littéraire a commencé pour l'Allemagne vers la fin du XVIIIe siècle, et a duré jusqu'à la première moitié du XIXe."
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Legend of a Musical City, first published in 1945, is a story of Vienna, musical center of the world. The Nestor of Austrian music critics relates in a fascinating manner his own recollections of life with Bruckner, Brahms, Richard Strauss, and other immortals in the music world. Author, Max Graf, who enjoyed intimate friendships with many of the musical stars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, here gives a delightful as well as highly educational...
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This ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of reflowing text for an ebook reader. Napoleon wrote "Cavalry is useful before, during and after the battle"; and so it was with his final campaign of Waterloo. Few campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars are as instructive as to the use (and mis-use) of cavalry; from the lethal French cavalry at Quatre Bras, to the initially brilliant, but...
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A fascinating account of the dramatic events leading up to the Siege and the four month siege itself.
The Siege of Paris from September 1870 to the city's capitulation in January 1871 was the result of Louis Napoleon III, Emperor of France's disastrous decision to declare war on Prussia. The Prussian Army of King William I proved vastly superior to their adversaries. After victories at Metz and Sedan, the Prussians marched on Paris virtually unopposed....
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“Familiar Studies of Men and Books” is a collection of essays by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The essays reflect Stevenson's opinions and observations on various aspects of literature and the human condition. They showcase his wit, wisdom, and style and demonstrate why he was one of the most popular writers of his time. In the essays, Stevenson discusses authors and works he admired, reflects on his own writing process, and offers insights...
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A fascinating biography of Jacob Fugger of the Lily (1459-1525), a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in the Free Imperial City of Augsburg, where he was born and later also elevated through marriage to Grand Burgher of Augsburg. Within a few decades he expanded the family firm to a business operating in all of Europe. He began his education at the age of 14 in Venice, which...
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The Memoirs of Victor Hugo (1899) is an autobiographical work by Victor Hugo. Assembled from diaries and manuscripts left behind by the author following his death in 1895, the Memoirs are as much a record of a life as they are a portrait of nineteenth century France. Told from the perspective of a supremely gifted artist whose command of language is matched only by his commitment to morality, The Memoirs of Victor Hugo is an invaluable text for scholars...
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Extrait : "Que veut dire ceci ? o allons-nous ? Qui nous mène ? D'o vient le vent qui souffle ? Est-ce une tempête qui va tout bouleverser profondément, n'est-ce qu'une rafale soudaine et peu durable ? S'agit-il, en un mot, d'une révolution ou simplement d'une émeute ? Aujourd'hui 18 mars, vers quatre heures du matin, j'ai été réveillé par un bruit de pas nombreux. De ma fenêtre, dans le brouillard terne, entre les maisons closes, j'ai vu...
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It is a most unusual picture that meets our eyes, varying in color from the black and white of ultra-conservative, traditional nationalism to the red of radicalism and the black and red of national socialism. The Germany of 1862-1935 has known every array of nationalism, from the Jacobin variety through humanitarian nationalism and passionate Hitlerite super-nationalism. It is our purpose to clarify this background, to show on what foundation modern...
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