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Monoray
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2026-04-23
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Dive into the riveting world of revolutionary France with Hilaire Belloc’s insightful biography, «Robespierre: A Study.» This compelling work captures the essence of one of history’s most enigmatic figures, Maximilien Robespierre. Renowned for his influence during the...
Editeur :
Metvox Publications
Parution :
2026-03-03
Collection :
Metvox Histoire
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The work of J.-J.-E. Roy recounts the life of Marie Antoinette, from her arrival in France in 1770 until her death on October 16, 1793. It meticulously details the growing hostility she faced, first as Dauphine and later as Queen of France and Navarre. From the moment...
Editeur :
Metvox Publications
Parution :
2025-12-27
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This book examines the effect of the French Revolution and the ensuing war with Spain on northern Catalonia, annexed by France in the seventeenth century and constrained by the imposition of a political border along the Pyrenees. Assimilation of the northern Catalan...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This open-access book examines student migration in the twentieth century, focusing on the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. Established in 1925 by the French government with support from a diverse coalition of international public and private actors, this...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-31
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Explore the rise and fall of a legend.Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire offers an unprecedented insight into the life of a man labelled conqueror, emperor, lover and tyrant. Thoroughly researched by expert authors, it examines Napoleon's story from humble...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
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The dissolution of the Order of the Temple and the persecution of the Knights Templar are still fresh in people's minds. Why did King Philip the Fair and Pope Clement V set out to destroy them? What secrets did the Knights Templar hold?Just as the Da Vinci Code revealed...
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Max Milo Éditions
Parution :
2025-04-03
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Travel back in time to 20th century Montmartre and immerse yourself in the vibrant artistic and cultural atmosphere of post-war Paris. Follow the story of a young boy as he navigates the cobblestone streets, encounters iconic figures, and witnesses the flourishing...
Editeur :
Metvox Publications
Parution :
2024-10-16
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Historians have long used biography and life narratives as a means of understanding the French Revolution, as classic studies on major figures such as Robespierre and Napoleon attest. At the current moment, however, many of the most creative such studies are focusing on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-12
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BY THE AUTHOR OF STANDING HEAVY - SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023Following the death of his parents, Dabilly, a young white man, seeks a life of colonial adventure in Cote d'Ivoire. It is 1880 and Dabilly joins a beleaguered French general trying to...
Editeur :
Maclehose Press
Parution :
2024-07-04
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This book accounts for Scandinavian unification efforts in a time of great upheaval. The ideological repercussions of the European revolutions of 1848-1849 and the Crimean War (1853-1856) transformed both the international political system and nationalism into more...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-05-13
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This book explores the intellectual grounds of Scandinavianist ideology and its political development into a national unification movement. Denmark, Norway and Sweden were nearly annihilated during the Napoleonic Wars. The lesson learned was that survival was a matter...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-05-13
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Dieses Buch erzählt faszinierende Geschichten von deutsch-französischen Familien in der Nachkriegszeit in einer spannenden historischen Studie. Es basiert auf Zeitzeugenberichten über eine Zeit, in der der Umgang mit einem Vertreter des Erbfeindes schwierig war und...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2024-05-06
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This book examines the efforts of the French-speaking minority in Flanders, Belgium, to maintain a legal and social presence of the French language in Flemish public life. Chronologically, the study is bookended by two developments, almost exactly a century apart. In...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-12-28
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This book shows how the police functioned in the cities of the Napoleonic Empire. Shifting attention away from political repression, it focuses on the men who embodied this institution and made it work day-to-day. Based on extensive archival research, the book shows how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-11-21
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This is a significant book that investigates how the French internal resistance and external Free French movement were financed during the Second World War. It brings together the secretive financial aspects of resistance inside France with those under the control of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-11-04
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This book provides an introduction to human rights controversies in twentieth-century France, from the Dreyfus Affair at the beginning of the century, to the arguments over women and immigrants’ rights at its end. Using the Ligue des Droits de L’Homme (LDH) - or the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-10-07
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This book analyzes the negotiation of socio-political concepts, such as citizenship, republicanism, and representation, between “ordinary” French citizens and their representatives in parliament during the early twentieth century. By examining the letters written to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-05-25
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'A masterpiece' Sunday Times'Magisterial... thrilling' Guardian'Terrifically enjoyable' Daily TelegraphThe beautifully illustrated, long-awaited final volume of John Richardson's magisterial Life of Picasso, drawing on original research from interviews and...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2022-04-07
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This book explores the interplay between liberalism and imperialism in Second Empire France. By examining the political dimension of imperial expansion and the power of words in shaping public opinion, it sheds light on the ways in which liberal ideas developed in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-02-25
Collection :
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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