France category: 4880 books
Shadows of Revolution
Reflections on France, Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Renowned historian, essayist, and journalist David A. Bell has long made France and its history the subject of his scholarly gaze and the object of his enduring affection. Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France, Past and Present gathers together his writing, composed over a period of more than...
The French Atlantic Triangle
Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2008
The French slave trade forced more than one million Africans across the Atlantic to the islands of the Caribbean. It enabled France to establish Saint-Domingue, the single richest colony on earth, and it connected France, Africa, and the Caribbean permanently. Yet the impact of the slave trade on...
By Sword and Plow
France and the Conquest of Algeria
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
In 1830, with France's colonial empire in ruins, Charles X ordered his army to invade Ottoman Algiers. Victory did not salvage his regime from revolution, but it began the French conquest of Algeria, which was continued and consolidated by the succeeding July Monarchy. In By Sword and Plow, Jennifer...
by J.P.T. Bury
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs.
The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoritative account of this fascinating...
by Mary MacGregor
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2018
Long, long ago the land which we now call France was called Gaul. Gaul was much larger than France is to-day, although north, south, and west France has the same boundaries now as Gaul had in the far-off days of which I am going to tell you. What these boundaries are, many a geography lesson will...
by Ian Blythe
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
This book has been written to help you understand the differences between the UK and France. After all, if you have children in the UK, the schools have insurance for such things as swimming lessons. As we found out, in France, you have to have your own insurance! We found other differences so I decided...
by Jules Michelet
Language: French
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Tableau de la France Jules Michelet, historien français (1798-1874)
Ce livre numérique présente «Tableau de la France», de Jules Michelet, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...
My Good Life in France
In Pursuit of the Rural Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she’d expected or planned for. Janine eventually...
The Grape Series
Books 1–5
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Described as the lovechild of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, Laura Bradbury’s bestselling Grape Series books are a treasure trove of escapism and romance. From her exchange year in Burgundy to late nights at the Louvre, the five books in the Grape Series are Laura’s...
The Essential Driving Guide for France (3rd Edition)
A no-nonsense guide to the ins and outs of driving in France
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Touring in France becomes tranquillamente when you take along The Essential Driving Guide for France as your traveling companion.Within these pages you will find everything you need to know, quickly and easily — the rules of the road and autostrada etiquette, the best routes to follow and those...
French Phrasebook with Audio
Over 2000 Phrases for Everyday use (the Ultimate French Phrasebook)
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
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Planning to visit France soon and scare to speak French?
When it comes to visiting France, learning some basic phrases can be a good way of avoiding cultural faux-pas, and also enhancing your travel experience...
France With My Father
A journey Through Memory, Art, Time, and Family
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
: When her 86-year-old father called to invite her on a three-week trip to France, Janine was thrilled. They traveled around France, eating wonderful food and drinking good wine, visiting haunts of the painter Paul Cézanne, and researching their family history. Janine’s grandparents were born...
by Jérôme Sabatier
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Travel guide updated in May 2019.
Visit France differently! Thanks to "France's World Heritage Sites" travel guide, discover the most beautiful French cities, monuments and landscapes classified as World Heritage sites by UNESCO : Paris, Mont Saint Michel, the Palace of Versailles,...
Limousin, France Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Limousin is located in south-central France and is France's Lake District with its natural splendor and beauty. The region offers medieval castles, Gothic and Romanesque churches and many other religious and cultural treasures. Turenne, Collonges-la-Rouge and Curemonte have been named as France's...