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History of France

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Book cover: A Short History of FranceA Short History of France
by - Charles Scribner's Sons ,
A short history of France from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul to Third French Republic. The style is a flowing narrative that ties together the various historical events of the country in easy to read, comprehensive text ...
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Book cover: The Life of Joan of ArcThe Life of Joan of Arc
by - ManyBooks ,
Thoroughly researched with a wealth of references, Anatole France sought to bring a rationalist viewpoint to the legendary French heroine and to examine and, where necessary, overturn the superstitious additions to her history.
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Book cover: The French RevolutionThe French Revolution
by - Project Gutenberg ,
The object of these pages is not to recount once more the history of the Revolution. Their object is rather to lay, if that be possible, an explanation of it before the English reader; so that he may understand both what it was and how it proceeded.
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Book cover: The French RevolutionThe French Revolution
by - G. Bell and sons ,
Written in 1837 by a British historian and essayist who was a leading figure in the Victorian era. The French Revolution was written in dramatic language bringing the history of the revolution alive in a way that few historians have ever done.
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Book cover: The French Revolution and the Birth of ModernityThe French Revolution and the Birth of Modernity
by - University of California Press ,
These essays characterize the Great Revolution as the dawn of the modern age, the grand narrative of modernity. The scope of issues is extremely broad, ranging from the analyzes of the class character of 1789 to the Cult of the Supreme Being.
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