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The Cult of the Modern focuses on nineteenth-century France and Algeria and examines the role that ideas of modernity and modernization played in both national and colonial programs during the years of the Second Empire and the early Third Republic. Gavin Murray-Miller rethinks the subject by examining...

« Le rôle de la France dans l’évolution de la philosophie moderne est bien net : la France a été la grande initiatrice. Ailleurs ont surgi également, sans doute, des philosophes de génie ; mais nulle part il n’y a eu, comme en France, continuité ininterrompue de création philosophique...

There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling...

Along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterand, Jacques Chirac is one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century. Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, a recent poll voted him the most admired political figure in France, with current...

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...

Devil-Worship in France Arthur Edward Waite, British scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters (1857-1942) This ebook presents «Devil-Worship in France», from Arthur Edward Waite. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

Charlotte Mary Yonge was a prolific English novelist in the 19th century. Yonge was born to a Christian family and her values played a strong role in her writings.  Yonge's books earned much praise during her lifetime including from other esteemed authors such as George Eliot, Lewis Carroll, and...

Découvrez les origines de la royauté en France, de l'ascension des Mérovingiens aux Carolingiens.Cette chronologie détaillée des Capétiens aux Valois et aux Bourbons, donne pour chaque roi son ascendance, sa date d'accession au trône et les évènements remarquables de son règne.Un ebook pratique...

The man who changed the course of modern France In 1981, François Mitterrand became France's first popularly elected socialist president. By the time he completed his mandate, he had led the country for 14 years, longer than any other French head of state in modern times. Mitterrand mirrored...

When we think of France, we tend think of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris or the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, France is home to extraordinary diversity. The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged through 2,000 years of history and it is this riveting...

Un bouc émissaire est un individu choisi par le groupe auquel il appartient, pour endosser, à titre individuel, une responsabilité ou une faute collective. Il s’agit de la traduction grecque de « bouc à Azazel », un bouc portant sur lui tous les péchés d’Israël d’après le Lévitique,...

Major-General Lord Andrew Thomas Blayney although previously a successful commander of his own regiment the 89th Regiment of Foot of the British through-out the early stages of the Peninsular war, he is best known for his narrative of events after his capture by Polish forces fighting under the flag...

Written at the promptings of friends and family, the story of Midshipman Boys captivity and escape from Napoleonic France stands as an adventure yarn par excellence, it is however the true story of his trials after capture by the French in 1803. As a young sailor in the Royal Navy, Boys was posted...

En 1429, le peuple de France, meurtri par la guerre de Cent Ans, perçoit l’écho d’une étrange rumeur : Jeanne d’Arc, une jeune paysanne lorraine de dix-sept ans, prétend avoir reçu de la part des saints Michel, Marguerite d'Antioche et Catherine la mission de délivrer la France de l'occupation...