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This is an intellectual biography of Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-85), who emerges as a central figure in the history of republican thought in the era of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. This book has two related aims. The first is to fill an important gap in historical scholarship....

Burgundy is the hilly area of eastern France and is known worldwide for its fine wines. One-third of the region’s wine is red (“rouge”) and two-thirds white (“blanc”). The Burgundy region has five villages distinguished as “the prettiest villages of France” as well as three World Heritage...

As part of France’s opposition to the independence of its former colonies in the years following World War II, its army remained deeply invested in preventing the decolonization of the territories comprising French West Africa (FWA). Even as late as the 1950s, the French Army clung to the hope that...

La Guerre de Vendée, qualifiée par Napoléon, de Guerre de Géant, représente l'un des épisodes les plus tragiques de l'Histoire de France et demeure également peu connue des Français. Cette partie de notre histoire, comme vous allez pouvoir le découvrir, a été occultée par l'histoire officielle,...

Certains historiens, Michelet notamment, arrêtent l’histoire de la Révolution au 9 thermidor an II (27 juillet 1794). De fait, à cette date, la Révolution, dans sa forme démocratique, est terminée ; suivant le mot d’un thermidorien, Barère (Mémoires, t. II, p. 236), « le 9 thermidor brisa...

L’électricité, un service public jacobin ? À rebours des idées reçues, cet ouvrage montre le rôle joué par les pouvoirs locaux dans la construction de ce qui est devenu un pilier de l’État-Providence en France, au XXe siècle. Cette influence, peu abordée dans l’historiographie, doit...

The first of a two volume study, which will analyse the complex relationship between Britain and France in the twentieth century: a relationship which has been crucial to European politics and to both World Wars.This volume (fully self-contained) runs from the period of intense imperial rivalry at...

Rich in detail and broad in scope, this majestic book is the first to reveal the interaction of politics and religion in France during the crucial years of the long seventeenth century. Joseph Bergin begins with the Wars of Religion, which proved to be longer and more violent in France than elsewhere...

Présente les 400 textes les plus significatifs de l'histoire de France du XXe siècle, de la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale à nos jours. Des textes de toutes origines : articles de journaux, correspondances, discours à la Chambre, extraits de mémoires ou de romans couvrant l'histoire politique, sociale et économique de la France du XXe siècle. « Copyright Electre »

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...

Maléfices, coups de théâtre, interventions surnaturelles, sortilèges, assassinats, complots ou disparitions mystérieuses... redécouvrez les plus grandes énigmes de l’Histoire de France. Le vase de Soissons a-t-il existé ? Y avait-il un trésor à Montségur ? Où est passé l’or...

This study examines the campaign to defend southwest France waged by Marshal Nicholas Soult against the Anglo-Allied Army of Arthur Wellesley from 1 July 1813 until 14 April 1814 to garner insights that are applicable to today’s officer. In the first stages of the campaign Marshal Soult conducts...

When Marie and her partner Adi spent two months cycling around France with a tent, they weren't trying to break any records; they just wanted a bit of sunshine for a change.  France enchanted, but the weather had other ideas. During nearly 2,000 slow miles they struggled with hailstones, hills,...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon le Petit was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo which condemned the reign of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Hugo lived in exile in Guernsey for most of Napoleon III's reign, and his criticism of the monarch was significant as he was one of...