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As the 19th century drew to a close, France and Italy experienced an explosion of crime, vagrancy, insanity, neurosis and sexual deviance. “Misfits” in Fin-de-Siècle France and Italy examines how the raft of self-appointed experts that subsequently emerged tried to explain this aberrant behavior...

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...

Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940. In every occupied town, Nazi soldiers put up posters that demanded that civilians surrender their firearms within twenty-four hours or else be shot. Despite the consequences, many French citizens refused to comply with the order. In Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Biarritz 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...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Marseille 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...

Pour la première fois en trois volumes et remise à jour, l'œuvre qui fait référence dans l'enseignement de l'Histoire de France. De part et d'autre de la saignée tragique subie en 1914-1918, ce sont deux siècles français qui s'opposent : d'un côté, une France du long XIXe qui se satisfait...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Languedoc 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...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Bordeaux 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...

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...

In 2014 I set out to tell the BACK-STORY of the Tour de France cycling race, in pictures.My journey started in the Jura Mountains of eastern France bordering Switzerland and Germany, at the beginning of the Mountain Stages, and ended on the Champs-Élysées in Paris 16 days later.Having...

In 1763 Tobias Smollett set sail from Folkestone to Boulogne. He would not return to England for two years, during which time he travelled extensively - and in a notoriously ill-tempered fashion - through much of France and Italy. Smollett, seemed 'determined to be pleased with nothing' and was 'sardonic,...

Four long-time residents of France have here combined their talents to compress the highlights of that nation into one, 256-page volume: Paris, Normandy, The Loire Valley, Provence and the French Riviera. Since most visitors confine their trips to three-or-so of these five areas, and rarely visit other...

Whether you're a shopper, a browser, or a traveler with a love for all things French, this is your one-of-a-kind guidebook to the culture of regional France represented by the products and centuries-old craftsmanship of each region. At prices lower than what you would pay in Paris or the United States,...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Montpellier 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...