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The French Revolution (SparkNotes History Note)
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SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing On individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the History Guides make it easier for students to see how events, figures, movements, and trends interrelate. SparkNotes History Guides are perfect for high school and college history...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: The Path of France to Absolutism is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Hundred Years' War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Hundred Years' War. One of the longest direct conflicts between two countries, the Hundred Years' War marked the culmination of tensions between the French and English over territory and the claim to the throne in France. The war, which saw the appearance of...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Tours in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Tours. In the year 732, Christian Frankish and Burgundian troops under Charles Martel clashed with soldiers from the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate. The Frankish victory turned back the Muslim advance into Europe and ensured that Christianity remained the major...
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Décryptez Soumission de Michel Houellebecq avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr!
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Waterloo, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Austerlitz in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Austerlitz. On the night of 1st December 1805, the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon I, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, and the Russian Tsar Alexander I, positioned themselves on the plains of Austerlitz, ready to fight in what...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Joan of Arc in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Joan of Arc. As the Hundred Years' War raged on, and the possibility of the French reclaiming their territory from the English occupation seemed ever slimmer, one unlikely young woman would set out on a divine mission to restore the French monarchy and free the population from...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Verdun in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Verdun. By 1916, the First World War had turned into a bloody stalemate, leaving both sides desperate for a decisive breakthrough. That year, the Germans launched a major offensive in France, which the French soldiers were able to repel at an enormous...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Waterloo in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Waterloo. At the start of the 19th century, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won a series of stunning military victories and ruled over a vast empire. This all changed at the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition including Britain and the Netherlands...
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura La peste, el primer gran éxito del autor francés Albert Camus, con el que rompió con el ciclo de lo absurdo y dio paso al de la revuelta. En esta novela, narra los esfuerzos del doctor Rieux y de otros personajes para detener una epidemia de peste que asola la ciudad de Orán en los años cuarenta.
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Marie-Antoinette in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and reign of Marie-Antoinette. In 1789, a bloody revolution broke out in France, and four years later the king and queen were executed. A range of factors led to this shocking outcome, from Marie-Antoinette's perceived frivolity and disloyalty to France to the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Normandy landings in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Normandy landings. By 1944, the Second World War had been raging for five years and German forces occupied much of Europe. On 6 June 1944, D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Although the Allies...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre el desembarco de Normandía, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura La vida ante sí, la segunda novela del autor Romain Gary (conocido por el pseudónimo de Émile Ajar), que narra en primera persona y con un lenguaje muy propio la historia de amor entre Momo, un niño de once años, y la señora Rosa, una antigua prostituta con la que vive que acoge clandestinamente a niños de prostitutas en su apartamento.
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of the Marne in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of the Marne. After the First World War broke out in 1914, the German army secured a series of early victories and advanced almost as far as Paris. However, a number of mistakes on the German side allowed the Allies to obtain a decisive victory at the...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla del Marne, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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• Comprender el contexto político y social en el que se enmarca la batalla del Marne, al principio de la Primera Guerra Mundial, marcado por oleadas de brutalidad
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