France category: 4880 books

The Rough Guide Snapshot to Champagne and the Ardennes is the ultimate travel guide to this absorbing part of France. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from champagne tasting in Épernay to the delightful medieval...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Brittany Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to France Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination...

The aftermath of Algeria’s revolutionary war for independence coincided with the sexual revolution in France, and in this book Todd Shepard argues that these two movements are inextricably linked.​ Sex, France, and Arab Men is a history of how and why—from the upheavals of French Algeria...

Cet ouvrage réunit les chroniques financières de Jacques Bainville parues dans différentes publications. Contenant : “L’avenir de la Civilisation. L’État, la Démocratie et l’Argent. Le Capital et l’Épargne. La Bourse et la Fortune. Rentes et Rentier. Les assurances sociales. La Monnaie...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Limousin Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to France Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination...

From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to NapolZon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest...

In this invaluable reference work, the world’s foremost authorities on France’s political, social, cultural, and intellectual history explore the history and meaning of the French Republic and the challenges it has faced. Founded in 1792, the French Republic has been defined and redefined by a...

This wide-ranging volume brings together a blend of experienced and emerging scholars to examine the texture of everyday life for different parts of the wartime French population. It explores systems of coping, means of helping one another, confrontations with people or events and the challenges posed...

Les 100 femmes qui ont fait l'Histoire de France ! Les femmes, sujets d'histoire ? Pendant longtemps, elles n'ont pas intéressé les historiens. Pour autant aujourd'hui ces itinéraires individuels nous fascinent. Ces femmes ont dû, pour passer à la postérité, surmonter un certain nombre...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...

This book explores French imperialism in Latin America in the nineteenth century, taking Mexico as a case study. The standard narrative of nineteenth-century imperialism in Latin America is one of US expansion and British informal influence. However, it was France, not Britain, which made the most...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...