France category: 4880 books

From world class wine and delectable delicacies, to iconic structures and a culture of brooding romance; whether it's described as chic, rude, sexy or snobby, everyone has an opinion about France. As French general and writer Charles de Gaulle once famously said, “how can anyone govern a nation...

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...

"A witty, engaging narrative style....[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing."—New York Times Book Review, front-page review. A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave...

DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide France: Central France & the Alps, from the groundbreaking family travel series, is written by parents and guarantees the entire family will enjoy their trip to France. With child-friendly sleeping and eating options, detailed maps of main sightseeing areas,...

DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide France: Southwest France, from the groundbreaking family travel series, is written by parents and guarantees the entire family will enjoy their trip to France. This thorough guide covers Périgord, Quercy and Gascony, Lascaux II, Rocamadour, Albi, Poitou and...

Why settle for visiting France as an ordinary tourist when you can experience it by bike? If you are looking to add some fun and adventure to an upcoming trip to France, consider adding a weekend of bicycling to your plans. The Best Cycling Itineraries in France Guidebook Series will show you...

This completely revised and fully updated edition of the book Bill Bryson called “superb” presents a sharply insightful, authoritative portrait of France today as it struggles to live up to its vision of itself amid storm clouds that won’t go away. France on the Brink was chosen as a New...

In this important book from the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy sets forth his personal vision of France's role in world affairs and his plans for modernizing the country and equipping it for the twenty-first century. With unusual candor, President Sarkozy describes the...

From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of For the Soul of France (“Masterful history” —Henry Kissinger), Zola (“Magnificent” —The New Yorker), and Flaubert (“Impeccable” —James Wood, cover, The New York Times Book Review)—a brilliant reconsideration of the events...

The Holocaust, the French and the Jews by Susan Zuccotti (143,000 words, 16 illustrations) Drawing on the extensive memoir literature of Jews who survived the Nazi period in France, Zuccotti paints a collective portrait of the victims, of those who tried to help them, of those who persecuted...

Though the greatest number of Huguenots banished from France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes were merchants and manufacturers, who transferred their skill and arts to England, which was not then a manufacturing country; a large number of nobles and gentry emigrated to this and other countries,...

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years. Unforgettable artwork, heavenly villages, and dream cities--there are so many reasons to visit France that deciding where to go and what to do can be a bit overwhelming....

DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide France: Northeast France, from the groundbreaking family travel series, is written by parents and guarantees the entire family will enjoy their trip to France. With child-friendly sleeping and eating options, detailed maps of main sightseeing areas, travel...

“A comprehensive, nuanced but morally uncompromising look at France’s darkest hour” (Publishers Weekly). This masterful book is the first comprehensive reappraisal of the Vichy France regime for over twenty years. France was occupied by Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1944, and the exact...