A Concise History of France |
 Roger Price
ISBN: 052136809X
This book provides a clear and well-informed guide to French history from the emergence of a strong state in the Ile-de-France in the early middle ages, to the trente glorieuses following the Second World War and the Mitterrand presidency. As such, it...(read more) |
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A French Genocide: The Vendee |
 Reynald Secher, George Holoch (Translator)
ISBN: 0268028656
This work provides a detailed narrative of the civil war in the Vendee region of western France, which lasted for much of the 1790s but was most intensely fought at the height of the Reign of Terror, from March 1793 to early 1795. In this shocking...(read more) |
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A History of French Passions Vol 1: Ambition, Love, and Politics |
Theodore Zeldin
ISBN: 0198221770
This is a history of the French, which tries to explain their idiosyncrasies, enthusiasms and prejudices. It goes beyond a recital of events to investigate their attitudes and behaviour over an unusually wide range of activities. This first part...(read more) |
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A History of French Passions Vol 2: Intellect, Taste, and Anxiety |
Theodore Zeldin
ISBN: 0198221789
This is a history of the French, which tries to explain their idiosyncrasies, enthusiasms and prejudices. It goes beyond a recital of events to investigate their attitudes and behaviour over an unusually wide range of activities. The first part...(read more) |
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Citizens |
 Simon Schama
ISBN: 0140172068
From the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches", this is a history of the French Revolution. At the heart of this account is the story of the transformation of "subjects" to "citizens". The author aims to show a France infatuated with novelty and...(read more) |
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Family and Farm: Agrarian Change and Household Organization in the Loire Valley, 1500-1900 |
John W. Shaffer
ISBN: 0873955625
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France and Britain, 1900-1940 |
P. M. H. Bell
ISBN: 0582229537
This is the first of a two-volume study which analyzes the complex relationship between Britain and France in the 20th century. This volume runs from the period of intense imperial rivalry at the turn of the century, to the fall of France to Germany....(read more) |
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France in Modern Times |
 Gordon Wright
ISBN: 0393967050
This text charts the political history of France from the 18th century to the present, interspersing narrative with chapters on society, the economy, culture and historiography. This edition reflects recent research on the French Revolution, taking into...(read more) |
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Fraternity Among the French Peasantry: Sociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley, 1815-1914 |
 Alan Baker
ISBN: 0521602718
The individualism of the French peasantry during the nineteenth century has frequently been asserted as one of its most striking characteristics. Alan Baker challenges this orthodox view and demonstrates the extent to which peasants continued with...(read more) |
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Napoleon for Dummies |
 Steven Holzner, J.David Markham
ISBN: 0764597981
Vive l'Empereur! An accessible guide that captures the life and legacy of France's most famous leader. As a general, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) led French armies to victory after victory, conquering much of Europe before he was decisively...(read more) |
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Parachute Infantry: An American Paratroopers Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich |
 David Kenyon Webster, Stephen E. Ambrose (Introduction)
ISBN: 0385336497
This memoir was written soon after the author's stint as a paratrooper in World War II, using his letters home and recollections that he documented following his discharge. It details places and events, especially D-Day and the fall of the Third Reich. |
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St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid (Osprey Campaign S.) |
 Ken Ford
ISBN: 1841762318
The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations remains one of the most impressive actions of World War II. The port lies at the mouth of the River Loire, and in 1942 as well as a U-boat base...(read more) |
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of France |
 Colin Jones
ISBN: 0521669928
Combining illustration with text, this is a political and social history of France from earliest times to the present day. It emphasizes social, economic and cultural issues throughout. The diversity of the French heritage - scientific and artistic,...(read more) |
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The Cathars |
 Malcolm Lambert
ISBN: 063120959X
Catharism was the most radical of medieval heresies. Since it touched most areas of Europe in some degree, research on its character and fortunes makes formidable demands on the learning and linguistic ability of any scholar who tackles it, not to...(read more) |
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The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages |
 Malcolm Barber
ISBN: 0582256615
The Cathars were dualist heretics who, in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, presented more coherent doctrinal opposition to the Catholic church than any contemporary movement. They were present in most areas of Latin Christendom, but they...(read more) |
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The Grand Prix Saboteurs |
 Joe Saward
ISBN: 0955486807
The Grand Prix Drivers Who Became British Secret Agents During World War II. James Bond meets Michael Schumacher The idea of racing drivers working as secret agents is at best far-fetched but The Grand Prix Saboteurs tells the amazing TRUE story of how...(read more) |
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The Imperfect Peasant Economy: The Loire Country 1800-1914 |
 Gregor Dallas
ISBN: 0521526906
This book shows how a rural household economy of small-holders in one of the least isolated areas of France, the Loire Country, managed to survive the challenges of the nineteenth century. Rather than taking the view that this system was an anachronism...(read more) |
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Twentieth-Century France |
 James F. McMillan
ISBN: 0340522399
This is a wide-ranging survey of 20th-century French history. Originally published under the title "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this book has been revised and extended to bring the account up to the present day. Additional material has been added which looks...(read more) |
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