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Les années
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Annie Ernaux |
"Available in English for the first time, the latest astonishing, bestselling, and award-winning book by Annie Ernaux. The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the le… |
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A Distant Mirror
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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman |
Amazon.com Review
In this sweeping historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysmic 14th century, when the energies of medieval Europe were devoted to fighting internecine wars and … |
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Lettre de Monseigneur le prince a la royne
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Condé, Henri II de Bourbon prince de |
"Explanation of why the princes rebelled and left the court. Why? Because confusions and pernicious disorder had been rampant since 1610, with certain people taking advantage of the disorder, perpetu… |
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Declaration de la volonte du roy addressee a nosseigneurs de sa cour de Parlement
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France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII) |
"The King here discusses his journey to Bordeaux for the purpose of his approaching marriage with the Spanish Infanta. He is worried that the rebelling Princes will impede his journey to Bordeaux. He… |
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Le cayer general des remonstrances que l'Vniuersité de Paris a dressé, pour presenter au roy nostre…
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Université de Paris |
"On December 13, 1614 the University of Paris presented this list of grievances to the Monarch during the General Assembly of the meeting of the Estates General. The central complaint concerned the s… |
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A time to love again
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Flora Speer |
A LOVE BEYOND TIME
When India Baldwin went into work one Saturday to update her computer skills, she had no idea she would end up backdating herself! But one slip on the keyboard and the lovely youn… |
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Lettre de la royne au parlement de Bretagne
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Marie de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France |
"The Queen Regent writes to the Parlement de Bretagne explaining why the Prince de Condé and the other Princes left the Court. Marie de Medicis, however, defends her record and demonstrates how every… |
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Remonstrances presentees au roy, par nosseigneurs du Parlement, le vingt-vniesme, may, 1615
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France. Parlement (Paris) |
"Dispute between the Parlement of Paris and the Conseil d'Etat concerning the political rights of Parlement. The work also criticizes the condition of France under the regency of Marie de Medici"--Fr… |
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Les trois mousquetaires
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Alexandre Dumas,Auguste Maquet |
During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu. |
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Napoleon
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Alan Blackwood |
Traces the life of the powerful French military and political leader, focusing on his triumphs and defeats in the Napoleonic Wars. |
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The wars of French decolonization
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Anthony Clayton,Anthony Clayton |
This ambitious survey draws together the two major wars of decolonization fought by France in Indochina and Algeria (as well as the lesser but far from insignificant military operations in Madagascar… |
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By right of arms
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Robyn Carr |
By Right of Arms is brimming with all the passion, treachery, and romance Robyn Carr's fans have come to expect from her. This story of fourteenth-century battle and intrigue comes from the lands of … |
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France and French (Getting to Know)
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Nicola Wright |
hildren ages 8 through 12 enjoy a guided tour of France, with French landmarks, culture, history, foods, and much more. The text is in English, but many of the illustrations are bilingual--and the la… |
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The Bridges in Paris
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Michele Spirn,Michele Spim,Michele Sobel-Spirn |
While their parents are at a conference, sisters Robin and Jo are left to see the sights of Paris in the care of a secretive woman and the girls find themselves involved in a sequence of mysterious e… |
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Paris insurgé
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Jacques Rougerie |
160 pages : 18 cm |
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Royal republicans
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Ronald Chalmers Hood |
"In Royal Republican, Chalmers Hood explores the forces that caused French naval officers to gravitate toward antidemocratic movements after the armistice of 1918. He seeks to explain their involveme… |
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France
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Sommers, Michael A. |
An overview of the history and culture of France and its people including the geography, myths, arts, daily life, education, industry, and government, with illustrations from primary source documents. |
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France
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Celia Tidmarsh |
Describes the geography, economy, government, people, transportation, education, and culture of France. |
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Paris 2006
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Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince |
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Frommer's. Your trip begins with us. Ways to Explore the City of Light from the top of La Tour Eiffel to the infamous catac… |
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The Railfan Guide to France
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George H. Drury |
120 pages : 23 cm |
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