Deze uitgebreide serie duikt in de veelzijdige geschiedenis van Frankrijk, en volgt de koers van de oudheid tot moderne tijden. Elk deel verkent nauwgezet cruciale tijdperken, invloedrijke figuren en transformerende gebeurtenissen die de natie hebben gevormd. Lezers ontdekken verhalen over koninklijke grandeur, revolutionaire omwentelingen en blijvende culturele nalatenschappen. Het biedt een gezaghebbende en boeiende vertelling voor iedereen die een diepgaand begrip van het Franse verleden zoekt.
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.