386円 General Maximilien Foy was a renowned and experienced French general with a long and distinguished career. An artilleryman like his master Napoleon , he fulfilled his duty to France despite disagreeing with Napoleon, and fought across Europe from Switzerland, Germany, Portugal and Spain. He spent...

933円 The most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville.

150円 A thoughtful account from the ranks of the Rifle Brigade, by a former enlisted man who raised himself to the rank of quarter-master and served throughout the Peninsular War and the expedition to America which met with a disastrous end at New Orleans. Surtees' account of his service with the famed...

794円 The first notable literary advocate of the Satanist, alchemist and child-killer Gilles de Rais remains J-K Huysmans, famous for his novel A Rebours and its quintessential decadent, Des Esseintes. Huysmans' later novel La-Bas (1891), a virtual apology for Satanism, is threaded by a version of the ...

150円 Sir George L'Estrange was only an ensign when he started on his Peninsular career in the 31st or Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot, joining the war in 1812. Arriving in Portugal and meeting with his cousin, who had escaped from French capture at Verdun, Sir George recounts his cousin's story befor...

3,649円 "Excellent…Reynolds is as good on the Paris writing as he is on the Paris life." ーTimes Literary Supplement The 1920s in Paris are the pivotal years in Hemingway's apprenticeship as a writer, whether he was sitting in cafes or at the feet of Gertrude Stein. These are the heady times of the Nick ...

164円 The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. - Voltaire. Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, known simply as Voltaire (1694-1778), has practically become synonymous with the Enlightenment. Voltaire was a prodigious writer, producing thousands of ...

496円 One of the most complete histories of wine in France was written in the eighteenth century, a long chapter within Le Grand d'Aussy's masterwork on French food and wine (hopefully but misleadingly titled “History of the private life of the French from the origin of the nation until our days”). Le...

599円 4 works of Margaret of Valois Queen of France and of Navarre during the late sixteenth century (1553-1615) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Margaret of Valois . A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Memoirs And Historical Ch...

5,440円 France's New Deal is an in-depth and important look at the remaking of the French state after World War II, a time when the nation was endowed with brand-new institutions for managing its economy and culture. Yet, as Philip Nord reveals, the significant process of state rebuilding did not begin a...

152円 The guns that boomed over the Napoleonic battlefield could be fired at a rate of two rounds a minute, blasting all and sundry in range to tiny pieces. No small wonder that the artillery of the period was so feared. However, supplying the guns was a tricky proposition, as the ammunition for the gu...

299円 14 Oeuvres de Albert de Broglie Historien, diplomate et homme d'État français (1821–1901) Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 14 oeuvres de Albert de Broglie éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'a...