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A Brief History of Franceby Cecil Jenkins
Constable & Robinson 2011; US$ 11.65When we think of France we often evoke images of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris, the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, it is a place of huge diversity. The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged from over 2000 years of history and it is a riveting story from Roman conquest to the present day. Cecil Jenkins tells the story of the formation of this nation through its people, great events and culture. Through this narrative he charts why the French began to see themselves as so different from the rest of Europe and why, today, they face the same problems of identity as many other nations. more...
Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95Burke supported the American revolution but fought against the French. With his major work Reflections on the Revolution in France, written in 1790, he attacked the revolution and its rationalism and at the same time created a weapon for the counter revolution in England. Burke predicted with uncanny accuracy the Reign of Terror which lay ahead. more...
Napoleon III and the Second Empireby Roger D. Price
Routledge 1997; US$ 25.95In Napoleon III , Roger Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elective office as President, and offers a historio graphical review of the ruler and his regime. more...
Third Republic in France 1870-1940by William Fortescue
Routledge 2000; US$ 40.95An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France from 1870 to 1940. more...
French Revolutionby Gwynne Lewis
Routledge 1993; US$ 36.95A short introductory history of the French Revolution which covers the social, economic and cultural, as well as the intellectual and political aspects. more...
Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745by Peter Campbell
Routledge 1996; US$ 135.00This provides a sophisticated interpretation of high politics in the Age Louis XV . It will be stimulating reading for not only historians of ancien regime France, but all students of political life in pre-nineteenth century Europe. more...
Mazarinby Geoffrey Treasure
Routledge 1995; US$ 45.95'A superbly written and engrossing study of one of the major political leaders of 17th-century Europe. Treasure gives the reader a vivid picture of the times of Mazarin, as well as an insight into his life.' A. Lloyd Moote, USC more...
Facing Postmodernityby Max Silverman
Routledge 1999; US$ 61.95The book covers some of the major responses to postmodernity by contemporary French thinkers. It covers many of the questions central to the postmodern debate, such as questions of history, representation, identity, ethics and community. more...
Massacre at the Champ de Marsby David Andress
Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 45.00On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution. more...
Fifth French Republicby Philip Thody
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95This is a study of modern French politics and history, discussing the five presidents from 1959 to the present - looking at similarities, the foreign policies they persued and domestic policies they practised. more...









