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A bold account of property reform during the French Revolution, arguing that the lofty democratic ideals enshrined by revolutionary leaders were rarely secured in practice-with ...
A short, brilliant and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the rights of man and ...
The lives of the sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine are the stuff of legend. Her daughters, however, are less well known, and the fascinating personalities ...
The second part of an infamous memoir about life in the time of Napoleon by a rebellious literary celebrity.
In 1800, Fran ois-Rene de Chateaubriand ...
Paris: city of love, food and fashion.
Paris: the city that played host to major historical and cultural dramas.
Paris: a modern metropolis.
Paris is ...
A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today ...
New in paperback - In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources, and the wealth of recent first-rate scholarship, and assessed which ...
With personal and colourful reflections on tracking down resisters to the Nazi occupation of France, The French Resistance and its Legacy offers a captivating set ...
'Like Crecy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.' BERNARD CORNWELL, bestselling author of The ...
How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy.
Maximilien Robespierre (17581794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the ...
The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are ...
The Franco-Prussian War did not end with the catastrophic French defeat at Sedan on 1 September 1870 when an entire French army surrendered, the Emperor ...
A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens.
'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor
'Restores two half-forgotten and ...
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and ...
