Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
From Louis XIV to Napoleon From Louis XIV to Napoleon Jeremy Black Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to do… OL11520958W
Socialism in Provence, 1871-1914 Socialism in Provence, 1871-1914 Tony Judt xiv, 370 pages : 24 cm OL1894812W
Forging capitalism Forging capitalism Ian Klaus Vice is the true father of Western capitalism, according to Ian Klaus in this fascinating, wildly entertaining, and often startling history of modern finance. Rather than the noble pursuit of gentlem… OL19665022W
The history of modern France The history of modern France Jonathan Fenby 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 Jonathan Fenby pro… OL23435728W
Children of the Revolution Children of the Revolution Robert Gildea Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for its dazzling literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century of politi… OL2488842W
The spectacle of nature The spectacle of nature Nicholas Green ix, 238 p. : 25 cm OL4781072W
The Age of Napoleon The Age of Napoleon J. Christopher Herold This third munificent Horizon book which represents a great deal of work by a great many people is, quite frankly, an idea-project-production job with a mass market gift book designation. There are 3… OL5105958W
Helen Maria Williams and the Age of Revolution Helen Maria Williams and the Age of Revolution Deborah Kennedy "Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827) had a long and prolific career as a writer: she was a celebrated British poet, an influential translator of works of French literature and history, and an important … OL6214994W
Victorian murderesses Victorian murderesses Hartman, Mary S. This riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen cases from the 1800s involving thirteen French and English women charged with murder. Each incident was a cause célèbre, an… OL6621034W