At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, dubbed "e;The Killer of Little Shepherds,"e; terrorized the French countryside. He eluded authorities …
';They're all scared. Everybody's afraid' Eddy Merckx ';Nothing compares to the Ventoux' Lance Armstrong Heart-stirring and jaw-dropping in equal measure Tim Moore A really …
An arresting chronicle of the life of an ordinary soldier during the push to victory Daily Express Tank Commander Sgt Trevor Greenwood of C Squadron, the 9th Royal Tank Regiment, …
This is not a book about French Gardens. It is the story of a man travelling round France visiting a few selected French gardens on the way. Owners, intrigues, affairs, marriages, …
'I had thought that for me there could never again be any elation in war. But I had reckoned without the liberation of Paris - I had reckoned without remembering that I might be a …
';The very grubby coalface of foreign policy I found the entire book most horribly addictive' Independent ';One of the unexpected responses to reading this masterful study is …
The French resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II was a struggle in which ordinary people fought for their liberty, despite terrible odds and horrifying repression. …
No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As founder and first President of the Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle saw himself …
With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator …
Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining and well researched history of the Tour de France is already established as the definitive account of cycling's greatest event. Since the …
