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A history of France / John Julius Norwich.
Chronicles the history of France, from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the mid-first century BC to the end of World War II.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802128904 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : John Murray, 2018. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Very dark indeed, 58 BC-843 -- Their own destruction sure, 843-1151 -- The gift of Excalibur, 1151-1223 -- The fatal tower, 1223-1326 -- A captured king, 1326-80 -- A foregone conclusion, 1380-1453 -- The universal spider, 1453-83 -- A warm, sunlit land, 1483-1515 -- With his usual flourish, 1515-47 -- "Well worth a mass," 1547-1643 -- "L'État c'est moi," 1643-1715 -- The writing on the wall, 1715-89 -- "I am indeed your king," 1789-93 -- "Pas de faiblesse!," 1793-5 -- A blessing or a curse?, 1795-1815 -- The perfect compromise, 1815-48 -- "A symbol of national glory," 1848-52 -- A sphinx without a riddle: 1852-70 -- The last manifestation, 1870-3 -- "J'accuse!," 1873-1935 -- The Cross of Lorraine, 1935-45. |
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| Subject: | France > History. |
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