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19th century

  • Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartresby Henry Adams; Raymond Carney

    Penguin Group US 1986; US$ 17.00

    Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and... more...

  • The Radical Bourgeoisieby Katherine Auspitz

    Cambridge University Press 1982; US$ 35.00

    A reassessment of the role of French Radicals as thinkers and politicians. more...

  • The Disarmament of Hatredby Dr Gearóid Barry

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00

    Documenting an audacious Franco-German movement for moral disarmament, instigated in 1921 by war veteran and French Catholic politician Marc Sangnier, in this transnational study Gearóid Barry examines the European resonance of Sangnier's Peace Congresses and their political and religious ecumenism within France in the era of two World Wars. more...

  • Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 Volume 1: The Campaign of Sedanby Quintin Barry

    Helion & Company 2011; US$ 25.00

    In the first part of this comprehensive all-new two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War, Quintin Barry presents a detailed account of the war against the French Imperial Army waged by the armies of the German Confederation, directed by that supreme military mind, Helmuth von Moltke. The author places Moltke and his strategic planning... more...

  • Culture, Power and Personality in Medieval Franceby John F. Benton; Thomas N. Bisson

    Continuum International Publishing 1991; US$ 160.00

    This collection is a notable example of how the cultural history of the middle ages can be written in terms that satisfy both the historian and the literary scholar. John Benton's knowledge of the personnel, structure and finance of medieval courts complemented his understanding of the literature they produced. more...

  • France and the Grand Tourby Jeremy Black

    Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 135.00

    In this innovative study of the Grand Tour, Black relies on archival sources to provide an exploration of the real tourist experience rather than, as for the majority of studies of the Grand Tour, an account that is essentially based on travel literature. While sensitive to wider cultural dimensions, the author demonstrates his interest in the experience... more...

  • Can Islam Be French?by John R. Bowen

    Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 49.95

    Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don't Like Headscarves , John Bowen turns his attention away from the perspectives of French non-Muslims to focus on those of the country's Muslims themselves. Bowen asks not the usual... more...

  • A Man and His Wordsby J. Patrick Boyer

    Dundurn 2004; US$ 11.99

    Robert Boyer is an author, researcher, editor, and public speaker; a member of the Ontario Legislature for 17 years; and the first vice-chairman of Ontario Hydro. more...

  • Petainby Robert B. Bruce

    Potomac Books Inc. 2008; US$ 9.95

    Analyzes the military career of one of the greatest, yet controversial, French military commanders of the twentieth century more...

  • France, 1814-1940by J.P.T. Bury

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 32.95

    This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs. The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoritative account of this fascinating period. It describes the characteristics of France's... more...