9,285円 In the second half of the sixteenth century, France was racked by religious civil wars and peace was only restored when Henry of Navarre finally converted to Catholicism, deciding – in his immortal phrase – that 'Paris is worth a mass'. In this lucid introduction to a complex period in French his...

19,021円 The French Revolution remains the most examined event, or period, in world history. It was, most historians would argue, the first “modern” revolution, an event so momentous that it changed the very meaning of the word revolution, from “restoration,” as in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in Engla...

27,361円 The French Wars of Religion tore the country apart for almost fifty years. They were also part of the wider religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants which raged across Europe during the 16th century. This new study, by a major authority on French history, explores the impact of these ...

12,269円 This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French Revolution and his aims and achievements as first consul and emperor during the years 1799-1815.

267円 MONSIEUR LE PREMIER PRÉSIDENT, MESSIEURS, Chargé de prendre aujourd’hui la parole par M. le Procureur Général Herbaux, auquel je suis heureux de pouvoir adresser publiquement de nouvelles et respectueuses félicitations pour sa nomination au poste élevé que lui ont valu ses éminentes qualités et s...

12,071円 Allegorical Bodies begins with the paradoxical observation that at the same time as the royal administrators of late fourteenth and early fifteenth-century France excluded women from the royal succession through the codification of Salic law, writers of the period adopted the female form as the a...

2,847円 **A compelling and masterly account of the D-Day landings from the no. 1 bestselling historian Max Hastings, author of Vietnam and Operation Pedestal. 'Max Hastings stands in the first rank of writers on modern war' –** Financial Times On 6 June 1944 – D-Day – British, Canadian and American troop...

267円  Les chouans ont été les plus redoutables adversaires de la Révolution  ; ils ont fait trembler le Comité de salut public et le Directoire  ; ils ont tenu en échec le pouvoir naissant de Bonaparte. Il a fallu des armées pour les détr...

526円 L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution est un essai du penseur politique, historien et écrivain français Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). Ce livre porte exclusivement sur la société française à la veille de la Révolution. Il apporte un nouveau regard sur cette période en voyant la Révolution non pas ...

518円 Très instructive biographie de Michel de Montaigne, l'auteur des fameux Essais. En outre d'être écrivain, non seulement Montaigne fut-il juge, maire de Bordeaux, mais il fut également l'ami des nombreux rois qui traversèrent l'époque agitée durant laquelle il vécut. Homme de principes, il refusai...

174円 Le poète Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle est né à Saint Paul sur l’île Bourbon (actuellement l’île de La Réunion). Il a succédé à Victor Hugo à l’académie française. Ardent républicain prenant une part active aux luttes politiques, il écrit ce livre en 1870 pendant le siège de Paris. C’est un...

4,160円 This fascinating account is the principal source for a number of momentous political developments leading up to the millennium. These include struggles among the Carolingians, the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, and various Viking and Magyar raids. Academics please note that this is a title...