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  • The Fronde and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1648–1653

    by Amable Humbert ...
    In the summer of 1648, Parisian schoolboys hurl stones across the city ditches and scatter whenever the police appear. Within weeks their slingshot, the fronde, has become the emblem of a rebellion that brings the most powerful monarchy in Europe to the edge of collapse. For five years France tears itself apart. Twelve hundred barricades seal the streets of Paris. A ten-year-old king flees his ... Read more

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  • A History of France

    by John Julius Norwich ...
    **An "engaging, enthusiastic, sympathetic, funny" journey through French history from the New York Times–bestselling author of Absolute Monarchs ( The Wall Street Journal).Beginning with Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary characters―Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Marie Antoinette, to name a few―as ... Read more

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  • The Huguenots

    by Geoffrey Treasure ...
    From the author of Louis XIV, an unprecedented history of the entire Huguenot experience in France, from hopeful beginnings to tragic diaspora.Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live and worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution and armed conflict to win—however briefly—freedom of worship, civil rights, and unique status as a ... Read more

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  • Marie-Antoinette

    The Making of a French Queen

    by John Hardman ...
    This "wonderfully gripping biography" digs beneath the famous legend to present a nuanced and revealing portrait of a serious-mined monarch (Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal).As the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, while today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. ... Read more

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  • The Oxford History of the French Revolution

    by William Doyle ...
    Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution to ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814

    by M. Mignet ...
    "History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814" by M. Mignet offers a detailed account of one of the most significant upheavals in modern history. Mignet, a prominent historian, meticulously chronicles the events leading up to the revolution, the rise of radical political factions, and the eventual establishment of the French Republic. His narrative captures the fervor and chaos of the period ... Read more

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  • King of the World

    The Life of Louis XIV

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag MontefioreLouis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Martyrs and Murderers

    The Guise Family and the Making of Europe

    by Stuart Carroll ...
    The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the ... Read more

    $10.09 CAD

  • A Traveller&Amp;Apos;S History Of France

    by Robert Cole ...
    Hundreds of thousands of travellers visit France each year. The glories of the French countryside, the essential harmony of much of French architecture, the wealth of historical remains, the enormous variety of experience that France offers, act as a perennial and irresistible attraction. For these visitors this lively and useful guide provides the essential clues to an understanding of France& ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Éminence

    Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France

    by Jean-Vincent Blanchard ...
    Chief minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the seventeenth century, and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power. Among the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he was one of the early realist politicians, practicing in the wake of Niccolò Machiavelli. Truly larger than life, he has captured the ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Short History of Germany

    by Mary Platt Parmele ...
    "A Short History of Germany" by Mary Platt Parmele offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of Germany's rich and complex history. The book delves into the significant events, cultural shifts, and influential figures that have shaped the nation from its early beginnings to the modern era. Parmele's engaging narrative style makes the historical content accessible to readers, providing insights ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La Duchesse

    The Life of Marie de Vignerot—Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France

    by Bronwen McShea ...
    A rich portrait of a compelling, complex woman who emerged from a sheltered rural childhood into the fraught, often deadly world of the French royal court and Parisian high society—and who would come to rule them both.Married off at sixteen to a military officer she barely knew, Marie de Vignerot was intended to lead an ordinary aristocratic life, produce heirs, and quietly assist the men in her ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD