Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Through his military exploits and his ruthless efficiency, ...more on ebook "Napoleon Bonaparte..."

Before the Deluge: Public Debt, Inequality, and the Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution ...more on ebook "Before the Deluge: Public Debt, Ine..."

The present age is not merely an epoch of discovery; it is also a period of revision of the various elements of knowledge. Having recognised that there are no ...more on ebook "The Psychology of Revolution..."

In the late nineteenth century, controversy over the social ramifications of the emerging consumer marketplace beset the industrialized nations of the West. In ...more on ebook "Marianne in the Market: Envisioning..."

This book is the first serious study of Henry IV's relationship with the towns of France, and offers an in-depth analysis of a crucial aspect of his craft of ...more on ebook "Henry IV and the Towns..."

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This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by considering the role of the Duchy of Savoy and the rise ...more on ebook "War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savo..."

In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to ...more on ebook "The Politics of the Veil..."

In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: ...more on ebook "Wine and War..."

From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French ...more on ebook "The Ceremonial City: Toulouse Obser..."

In the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing case ...more on ebook "Jews of France: A History from Anti..."

Many are they who, in the course of history, have placed their own passions before the public interest. But what has been the result? From the courtesans of ...more on ebook "Vice and Virtue: Men of History, Gr..."