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 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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Avignon of the Popes: City of Exiles |
 Edwin Mullins
ISBN: 1904955339
At the beginning of the fourteenth century anarchy in Italy led to the capital of the Christian world being moved from Rome for the first and only time in history. It was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining "in...(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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Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-century England |
 Margaret Howell
ISBN: 0631172866
This is the first biography of Eleanor of Provence. As consort of Henry III, from 1236 to 1272, Queen Eleanor has been noticed almost entirely for her promotion of Savoyards in England, but the significance of her political role goes far beyond this....(read more) |
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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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How Modernity Came to a Provencal Town |
John F. Freeman, Roger L. Williams
ISBN: 0889466386
This is a history of relations between the municipality and the diocese of Grasse from the origins of the city in the 12th century to the separation of church and state in 1905. It proposes that laicization of local institutions, not...(read more) |
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Luminous Debris |
 Gustaf Sobin
ISBN: 0520222458
This text explores the landscapes of Provence and Languedoc, drawing on prehistory, protohistory, and Gallo-Roman antiquity, focusing on a particular place or artifact for the relevance inherent in each. A Bronze Age earring or the rippling wave pattern...(read more) |
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Provence: A Cultural History |
 Martin Garrett
ISBN: 1904955231
Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while...(read more) |
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Scents of Time |
 Edwin Morris
ISBN: 3791322176
This book reveals perfume's widespread and permanent place in our culture of the senses, through illustrations, artefacts and paintings dating from 2000 BCE. The reader is guided through the ages through the bronze vessels of Babylon, kohl containers...(read more) |
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Socialism in Provence, 1871-1914: Study in the Origins of the French Left |
Tony Judt
ISBN: 0521221722
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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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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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