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Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars, the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968 - but …

Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing todayIn an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that …

Michel Buffet is known as a pioneer in the mid-century industrial design movement in France. His work embodies the aesthetics of the 'Thirty Glorious Years' of French design from …

Un fils de famille / Xavier de MontepinDate de l'edition originale: 1897"Collection: Les grands romanciers francais"Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant …

This book takes on a key problem in the history of drama: the 'exceptional' staging of the life of Catherine of Siena by a female actor and a female patron in 1468 Metz. Exploring …

Les compagnons de Jehu. Volume 2 / par Alexandre Dumas; edition illustree par A. de Neuville et Lix, pour le tome 2]Date de l'edition originale: 1878Ce livre est la reproduction …

Bloodthirsty tyrant or brilliant statesman? Alexandre Dumas explores the complicated legacy of Ali Pacha in this fictionalised biography. A leader under the Ottoman Empire, Pasha …

A farmer's father is on his deathbed the day before the harvest. A local priest is summoned, and funeral preparations begin. The funeral feast is cut short when the dying man …

Voyages, explorations, aventures. 23] / par Louis NoirDate de l'edition originale: 1899Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une …

This book characterizes a type of city, i.e. the metropolis, by using characteristics which have very little to do with its size. It distinguishes between metropolises and …