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François Mignet's 'Histoire de la révolution française' is a study of the events that caused a huge shift of power in France around the turn of the 19th Century. This was primarily a study of the theories and ideologies behind the events, rather than a factual record.
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THIS SERIESOver the last few decades, I've interviewed nearly 2,000 world travelers and adventurers. I am weaving the best of their nearly 10,000 fantastic travel tales into a psychology of travel as revealed by these very telling stories. These are travelers I've encountered on planes, trains, buses, ships, tours, safaris, and in campgrounds, hotels, restaurants, cafes, and pubs. These courageous travelers have freely shared their most personal travel...
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A police raid! Unfaithful spouses! A baseball player running the wrong way around the bases! In France!
Somewhere between travelogue and a 'Dummy's Guide to Running a Business in France' (if there were such a thing), I Lived in France and So Can You is a serious but light-hearted exploration of 12 years' worth of living, working, and loving in France. Using anecdotes from his experiences running an American restaurant in a small provincial city,...
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Book Description:"Napoleon Bonaparte: The Enigma Unveiled" is a captivating and comprehensive biography that delves deep into the life and legacy of one of history's most iconic figures. From his humble beginnings on the island of Corsica to his meteoric rise as Emperor of the French, this book offers a detailed and analytical exploration of Napoleon's journey.Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, readers are invited to peel back the...
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In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roger Martin du Gard was one of the most famous writers in the Western world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, and his works, especially Les Thibault, a multivolume novel, were translated into English and read widely. Today, this close friend of André Gide, Albert Camus, and André Malraux is almost unknown, largely because he left unfinished the long project he began in the 1940s, Lieutenant Colonel...
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Extrait: "En toutes choses et en tout temps, on doit éviter de confondre le fait avec le droit: cette distinction est surtout nécessaire quand on s'occupe de l'histoire du moyen âge, qui est l'époque o la force exerçait un empire presque souverain, et o l'abus, quand il pouvait prouver une longue existence, s'érigeait en droit."
3387) Framed
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Antoine, a fanatic billiards player, is asked to watch over a Paris art gallery. When he scuffles with a thief a statue falls and severs his right hand. His maverick investigation leads to the discovery of a series of gruesome killings. Soon Antoine finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a gallery owner. A game of billiards decides the outcome of this satirical tale which brilliantly captures the world of modern art and the parasites that...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Marignano, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Comprender las reclamaciones territoriales de la época, basadas en los linajes familiares, que permiten que Francisco I reclame el Milanesado y se ponga en camino hacia Italia con sus tropas
• Seguir el rudo avance por los Alpes de Francisco...
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Dans un style journalistique factuel, presque télégraphique, Michel Paufique a voulu retracer en détails l'histoire des colonies françaises.
Michel Paufique (1923-2015), passionné d'histoire et d'architecture, a parcouru le monde toute sa vie professionnelle. Au soir de sa vie, il a cherché à retracer « une brève histoire des colonies françaises ». Dans un style journalistique factuel, presque télégraphique, il a cherché à extraire...
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Paris may have enjoyed decades as the undisputed gastronomic capital of the world, but food revolutions in the likes of London and Copenhagen have challenged its reign in recent years. After a spell of complacency, Parisian chefs have had to up their game, with delicious results. This guide will show you where to sample the best of the French classics, from cozy bistros to swish brasseries, as well as where to check out the more recent innovations...
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During a cycle tour in France in 2012, Marie's legs started talking to her. A year later, pedaling up the first long hill in Corsica, The Legs piped up again. 'And how long is it for this time? Two months? And we're going where? Oh, just to the Atlantic. Fine. No problem.
With the same sturdy old bikes, the same stoic Legs and the same measure of stubbornness and stamina, Marie and Adi chug around Corsica, pedal through Provence, skirt the Cévennes...
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An illustrated guide to one of the greatest events of World War II.
The Allied landing in German-occupied Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the greatest amphibious operation in military history. In the months that followed, German forces, outnumbered and outgunned, fought one of the most tenacious and skillful defensive campaigns of the entire war. This magnificent graphical reconstruction details the momentous events of the Normandy campaign from its...
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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. The immortal words "Not tonight Josephine!" are probably apocryphal, but in 1796 Napoleon had more pressing concerns than his amorous wife: he had been handed command of the Republican forces in Italy. His men were clothed in rags, unpaid, and hungry. Napoleon set to work with a passion, bending...
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"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the Führer, but can...
3397) Legend of a musical city
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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...
3398) Solomon's crown: a novel
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"Two destined rivals fall desperately in love-but the fate of medieval Europe hangs in the balance. 'A pair of thrones between us, and my heart clutched like a rosary within his hands...' Twelfth-century Europe. Newly-crowned King Philip of France is determined to restore his nation to its former empire and bring glory to his name. But when his greatest enemy, King Henry of England, threatens to end his reign before it can even begin, Philip is forced...
3399) Joan of Arc
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A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.
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