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The last day of June, 1559, was a gala day in Paris. The marriages of Philip II of Spain with Elizabeth of France, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici, and that of the French King's sister, Marguerite with Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, were to be celebrated. But "the torches...

This book is The Nightingale meets All the Light We Cannot See, only it's all true--a thrilling wartime adventure story of downed American aviators rescued by French resistance fighters, taken to Nazi-occupied Paris, and hidden under the very noses of the Gestapo Escape from Paris is the true...

General Sir John Monash was an Australian military commander during World War I.  Monash wrote a book called The Australian Victories in France in 1918 which detailed his experiences.  This edition includes a table of contents.

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to...

James Donovan takes a comprehensive approach to the history of the jury in modern France by investigating the legal, political, sociocultural, and intellectual aspects of jury trial from the Revolution through the twentieth century. He demonstrates that these juries, through their decisions, helped...

Transnational cinemas are eclipsing national cinemas in the contemporary world, and Sino-French films exemplify this phenomenon through the cinematic coupling of the Sinophone and the Francophone, linking France not just with the Chinese mainland but also with the rest of the Chinese-speaking world....

Ce quiz interactif sur les Reines et les Favorites ravira petits et grands. Tout en vous amusant, vous connaîtrez mieux à travers des dizaines de questions illustrées, quelles furent ces femmes qui, souvent dans l'ombre, ont néanmoins joué un grand rôle à...

For over forty years now, the French events of 1968 have been the focus of much attention both within France and beyond. While mai 68 is certainly seen as a watershed in the development of French society, a common narrative that portrays it in an increasingly reductive light has become prevalent....

Ce chapitre Les contreforts des Alpes est issu du guide Sur la route des régions de France. Tous les chapitres sont disponibles et vendus séparément. Vous pouvez également acheter le guide complet.

Bourges (France) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....

Histoire des relations entre la France et les Roumains, par l'historien et homme politique roumain Nicolae Iorga (1871 - 1940). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page...

The enfranchisement of women in Charles de Gaulle's France in 1944 is considered a potent element in the nation's self-crafted, triumphant World War Two narrative: the French, conquered by the Germans, valiantly resisted until they rescued themselves and built a new democracy, honoring France's longstanding...

Ce chapitre La Dordogne des gourmets est issu du guide Sur la route des régions de France. Tous les chapitres sont disponibles et vendus séparément. Vous pouvez également acheter le guide complet.

Awa is a dutiful daughter, and she knows that certain decisions aren't hers to make, so when her family pledges her to marry someone who's just a friend, she is resigned to her duty. When that marriage is broken so she can marry a man who is a womanizer, a wastrel, and worse—isn't Catholic—she...