A portrayal of the most significant events in 19th-century France. It begins with the military operations from the beginning of the Siege, in September 1870, to the last resistance of the Commune during May Week 1871.
Frankrijk Reeks
Deze serie duikt in de rijke en turbulente geschiedenis van Frankrijk, en ontrafelt cruciale momenten en vergeten verhalen. Elk deel biedt een diepgaande verkenning van het verleden, tot leven gebracht door deskundige analyse en boeiende verhalen. Geschiedenisliefhebbers zullen de gedetailleerde reconstructies van gebeurtenissen en de analyse van hun impact op de Franse natie waarderen. Het is een boeiende reis door de tijd voor iedereen die de essentie van Franse historische gebeurtenissen wil begrijpen.
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The Price of Glory
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The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
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To Lose a Battle: France 1940
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In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne�s narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military history to form a major contribution to our understanding of the crises of the Franco-German rivalry. To Lose a Battle is the third part of the trilogy beginning with The Fall of Paris and continuing with The Price of Glory (already available in Penguin).
