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This book, first published in 1983, is a major contribution to our understanding of how and why French rural peasant society became modernised by radical changes in the communications system – in particular, the coming of the railways. The author argues that complex changes in the transport systems,...

Extrait : Marie-Antoinette n’eut donc d’influence directe sur les affaires d’État, qu’après la mort de M. de Maurepas, celle de M. de Vergennes, et la retraite de M. de Calonne. Elle s’affligeait souvent de sa position nouvelle, et la regardait comme un malheur...

L’Ancien régime et la Révolution est un essai du penseur politique, historien et écrivain français Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859). Ce livre porte exclusivement sur la société française à la veille de la Révolution. Il...

The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals...

Le 3 mai 1814, Louis XVIII monte sur le trône de France, mettant fin à vingt-cinq ans de turbulences politiques. Pendant seize ans — exception faite de l’épisode des Cent Jours qui sonne le glas de l’Empire —, la première puis la seconde Restauration vont tenter de réorganiser l’État...

In The Expectation of Justice Megan Koreman traces the experiences of three small French towns during the troubled months of the Provisional Government following the Liberation in 1944. Her descriptions of the towns’ different wartime and postwar experiences contribute to a fresh depiction of mid-century...

The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France...

"'How much land is there altogether?’ I asked. ‘About thirteen acres,’ said the estate agent. ‘Whatever would you do with that much land? It’s an awful lot to upkeep.’ I grinned. No problem! ‘I’d keep llamas and fly balloons!’" A dilapidated, rat-infested stone barn...

Deep in the Limousin countryside, Richard Wiles bought his dream home. But little did he expect to be living full time in the dilapidated farmhouse while struggling to finish the conversion during the insect plagues of summer and the harsh blizzards of winter. Watched by his bemused neighbours, Richard...

Gwynne Lewis’ history opens with a full analysis of all the components of traditional France, including political and religious structures, the seigneurial system, the bourgeoisie and the poor. Part two examines the meaning and challenge of the Enlightenment, with particular reference to women and...

Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) is the undisputed foundation of modern conservatism. It is a brilliant pamphlet against the French Revolution, one rooted in the solid ground of a practical political philosophy. Burke’s central argument is that the French Revolution was...

"A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover’s bookshelf."—The Wine Economist "It’s a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."—Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with France...

Jeanne d’Arc (Joan the Arc) is a national heroine of France who asserted that she had visions from God which instructed her to recover her homeland France from English domination. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years’s War. "Since the writing of...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE HUGUENOTS IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES. PREFACE INTRODUCTION REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES EFFECTS OF THE REVOCATION—CHURCH IN THE DESERT CLAUDE BROUSSON, THE HUGUENOT...