books released in the last three months in French History

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain by Julian Jackson

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history

Few images more shocked the French ...

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Paris in Ruins: Love, War and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee

The Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic's gripping account of how political turmoil in Paris from 1870-1871 gave rise to Impressionism.

'Astonishing. A true story which ...

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The Discovery of France by Graham Robb

'An extraordinary journey of discovery' - Daily Telegraph

'Pedals along with never a dull paragraph . . . dazzling' - The Sunday Times

Ten years ago, I began to explore ...

due for release Nov 2024
Balzac's Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan

In his busy life Balzac wrote many love letters, and in The Human Comedy he portrayed many female beauties, but he certainly never imagined or ...

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Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera by Jonathan Miles
'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week''[A] fabulous romp of a book'****
- Mail on Sunday A Financial Times 'Book to Read in ...
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