France category: 4880 books
Louis XVI
Les dernières heures de la monarchie absolue
Language: French
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Louis XVI en moins d’une heure !
Devenu roi malgré lui suite au décès de son frère aîné et de ses parents, Louis XVI n’a pas le tempérament d’un monarque. Il considère son destin davantage comme un fardeau que comme une véritable...
Charles de Gaulle
L'homme de la Résistance aux multiples facettes
Language: French
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Charles de Gaulle en moins d’une heure !
« La flamme de la résistance française ne doit pas s’éteindre et ne s’éteindra pas. » C’est par ces mots que Charles de Gaulle est entré dans l’histoire. En grand défenseur de la paix,...
Robespierre
L’artisan de la Révolution française et des valeurs républicaines
Language: French
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Robespierre et la Révolution française en moins d’une heure !
Si certains voient en lui le monstre sanguinaire de la Terreur, d’autres préfèrent le considérer comme l’artisan de la Révolution et le défenseur des libertés du peuple...
Marie-Antoinette
Le destin tragique d'une reine dans la tourmente de la Révolution
Language: French
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Marie-Antoinette en moins d’une heure !
Devenue au fil des ans un personnage mythique de l’histoire de France, Marie-Antoinette n’en est que plus mystérieuse et fascinante. Tantôt considérée comme une martyre de la Révolution, tantôt...
Elihu Washburne
The Diary and Letters of America's Minister to France During the Siege and Commune of Paris
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This is the remarkable and inspiring story—told largely in his own words— of American diplomat Elihu Washburne, who heroically aided his countrymen and other foreign nationals when Paris was devastated by war and revolutionin1870–71.
Elihu Washburne rose from a hardscrabble existence...
Vino Business
The Cloudy World of French Wine
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
“This sharp critique of French winemakers, and Bordeaux’s Saint Emilion region in particular, caused quite a stir when it was published in France in 2014” (Publishers Weekly).
Already provoking debate and garnering significant attention across France and within the wine world, Vino Business is...
The Gourmands' Way
Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
A biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives and careers intersected in mid-twentieth-century France
During les trente glorieuses—a thirty-year boom period in France between the end of World War II and the 1974 oil crisis—Paris was not only the world’s most delicious, stylish,...
Malraux
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
The authorized biography of the most important man of letters in twentieth century France: André Malraux, French novelist, art theorist, and France’s Minister of Cultural Affairs.
by Nigel Woodhead
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
A treasure-chest from the golden age of travel. Annotated, humorous highlights from over 100 eye-witness accounts (diaries, journals, collected letters, reports, travel guides) written between 1750 & 1918. By some of the most famous English and American authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, plus a host of eccentric parsons, antiquarians and ladies of independent spirit. A huge read!
by Donald Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Nice on the French Riviera. It's a popular destination for vacationers both young and old, with something to offer nearly everyone. It is well known for the beautiful view on the Promenade des Anglais, its famous waterfront, and is an ethnically diverse...
by John Coast
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2016
The Ultimate guide to Paris
Written by a life-long Parisian, The Independent Guide to Paris 2016 is your compact yet detailed guide to the city of lights. It covers events to the end of 2016.
Book Highlights:
* A City Overview - When to visit, a Month-by-Month Events Calendar, and the city's...
by Jacques Bainville
Language: French
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Si les lecteurs veulent bien le lui permettre, l'auteur de ce livre commencera par une confession. Quand il était au collège, il n’aimait pas beaucoup l’histoire. Elle lui inspirait de l’ennui. Et quand le goût lui en est venu plus tard, il s’est rendu compte d’une chose...
by Nancy Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had so many enemies that she could not travel publicly without risking...
Memoirs of Marshal Oudinot, duc de Reggio
comp. from the hitherto unpublished souvenirs of the Duchesse de Reggio
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
The post of Marshal of France during the age of Napoleon was a much sought after honour, carrying with it riches, titles and land grants enough to satisfy the dreams of every French soldier. It did, however, carry with it the possibility of hardship, wounds and possible death in the firing line of...