Questa serie completa approfondisce la sfaccettata storia della Francia, tracciandone il percorso dalle origini antiche ai tempi moderni. Ogni volume esplora meticolosamente epoche cruciali, figure influenti ed eventi trasformativi che hanno plasmato la nazione. I lettori scopriranno storie di grandezza reale, sconvolgimenti rivoluzionari ed eredità culturali durature. Offre una narrazione autorevole e coinvolgente per chiunque cerchi una profonda comprensione del passato della Francia.
Tells the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt- ridden failure toppled by Revolution in 1789. This title also tells the further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon. schovat popis
Nineteenth-century France was renowned for its literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a century of political anarchy and bloodshed, where each generation of the French Revolution's 'children' would experience their own wars, revolutions and terrors. This book explores various aspects of these rapidly changing times.
Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 1968. This title presents the history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, exploring the special worlds of the workplace, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life.