‘Like Crécy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.’ BERNARD CORNWELL, bestselling author of The Last Kingdom series The battle of Crécy …
‘Excellent' – Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY ‘The definitive story of how French football came of age’ – Christian Karembeu ‘Erudite and …
This book tells the story of an epochal change in the human condition that was part of what is often thought of as ‘modernization’ —a process that remade culture and society in …
The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural space; a centre of power, but also of life, love, anxiety, …
