This book takes a new look at occupied and liberated France through the dual prism of race (specifically Jewishness) and gender - core components of Vichy ideology. The imagining of liberati ...more on ebook "Jews and Gender in Liberation Franc..."

The rule of the Angevins in Brittany is characterised usually as opening an isolated 'Celtic' society to a wider world and imposing new and alien institutions. This study, the first on the s ...more on ebook "Brittany and the Angevins..."

I myself have found France alternately fascinating, endearing, pleasurable, and maddening for the many years that I have been here. Being a Paris-based journalist gave me a privileged obser ...more on ebook "About France..."

Journal et memoires du marquis d'Argenson. Vol. 9. 1755-1757 ...more on ebook "Journal et mémoires du marquis d'A..."

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

The French Revolution (Volumes I-III) ...more on ebook "The French Revolution (Volumes I-II..."

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 of the social, economic, and cu ...more on ebook "Jews of France: A History from Anti..."

This book examines the politics of the French Revolutionary tradition during the Bourbon Restoration and early July Monarchy. Robert Alexander argues that political change was achieved by le ...more on ebook "Re-Writing the French Revolutionary..."

This book is about a major historical figure, Napoleon III, and a political regime. It examines how Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of the first Napoleon) was able to secure election as Pre ...more on ebook "The French Second Empire..."