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Michael Baigent
[Paperback 2006]
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Revised and updated new edition of this controversial bestseller, which has sold over 200,000 copies in paperback alone. It contains all new illustrations. Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? - Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? - Is... more
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Emil Ludwig
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About the Book : Napoleon is one of the most illuminating figure in modern history. He was a man of extraordinary qualities and at the same time suffered from extraordinary failures. His ambition was power, his dream, a vast empire and his passion, wars and victories. Here is a story... more
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Charles Dickens
[Paperback 1998]
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It's time to rediscover the wonderful books we all cherish. First published in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most famous and popular novels. This stirring tale, set in the late eighteenth century against the backdrop of the French Revolution, is a novel for all generations.... more
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Peter Mayle
[Paperback 1991]
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They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is the month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations that Peter Mayle and his wife -- and their two large dogs -- experience their... more
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Thomas Carlyle
[Paperback 2008]
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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the... more
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Stephen Brook
[Hardcover 2004]
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This high-level yet readable analysis of one of the world's most respected wine regions has been expanded; the first edition dealt only with the left bank, and this new edition adds coverage of the south bank of the river Bordeaux. It is an all-embracing, comprehensive volume by an award-winning wine... more
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Frederick Brown
[Paperback 2011]
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In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, a defeated and humiliated France split into cultural factions that ranged from those who embraced modernity to those who championed the restoration of throne and altar. This polarization--to which such iconic monuments as the Sacre-Coeur and the Eiffel Tower bear witness--intensified... more
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Lucy Moore
[Paperback 2007]
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"Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights," declared Olympe de Gouges in 1791. Throughout the French Revolution, women, inspired by a longing for liberty and equality, played a vital role in stoking the fervor and idealism of those years. In her compelling history of the... more
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Jill Jonnes
[Paperback 2010]
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The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary worldas fair that introduced it Since it opened in May 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been an iconic image of modern timesaas much a beacon of technological progress as an enduring symbol of Paris and French culture. But as engineer Gustave... more
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Edmund Burke
[Paperback 2006]
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Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholding inherited... more
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Guillaume Apollinaire ,
Laurence Campa ,
Donald Nicholson Smith
[Hardbound 2010]
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Nicholas Atkin
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This is an up-to-date political history of the French Fifth Republic, a regime whose obituary has been written several times over, but which stubbornly refuses to die. Adopting a chronological framework, the book examines how the regime emerged out of the chaos of the Algerian crisis and how its political... more
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Joan Dejean
[Paperback 2006]
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Writing with great elan, DeJean explains how the glittering world of Louis XIV set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule today's lifestyles. What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory -- a luxe handbag, for example? Why is it that... more
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Patricia Mainardi
[Hardbound 2003]
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Rebecca Dixon
[Hardcover 2010]
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Carl Lavery
[Hardcover 2010]
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This book is the first publication to situate the politics of Genet's theatre within the social, spatial and political contexts of France in the 1950s and 1960s. The book's innovative approach departs significantly from existing scholarship on Genet. Where scholars have tended to bracket Genet as either an absurdist, ritualistic... more
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Georges Duby ,
Juliet Vale
[Paperback 1993]
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Georges Duby has changed our conception of medieval Europe, particularly our about the meaning and operation of 'feudal society'. In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid-tenth century to the execution of Joan of Arc in... more
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W Fortescue ,
William Fortesque
[Paperback 2005]
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An extensive and authoritative study that examines the economic, social and political crises of France during the revolution of 1848. Using analysis of original sources and recent research, Fortescue here offers new interpretations of events leading up to and after the second republic was declared. Looking at Louis Philippe's overthrow,... more
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Henry Lachouque ,
Henri Lachouque ,
Anne S K Brown
[Hardcover 2006, 4th Edition]
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The glory of the Imperial Guard resounds above all others in the annals of war. The lavish illustrations are uniquely valuable as a source of uniform colors and style.... more
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David S Kerr
[Hardcover 2000]
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