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They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuou...

The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, archi...

“The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us...

in 1386, A Few Days After Christmas, A Huge Crowd Gathers At A Parisian Monastery To Witness What Will Become The Nation's Final "trial By Combat"—a Court...

The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed th...

Describes What Life Was Like In Paris After June 1940, When The Nazis Occupied France, Juxtaposing The Eerie Sense Of Normalcy Felt By Many Parisians With T...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocativ...

The “impeccably researched and thrillingly told” (Globe and Mail) story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France histo...

Since its first publication, J. H. Elliott's classic chronicle has become established as the most comprehensive, balanced, and accessible account of the dr...

Revealing new study of Napoleon's greatest victory. Dispels many of the myths surrounding the famous battle of the three emperors. Brought to life with nume...

New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tra...

Inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, Scandinavian rulers and German military monks conquered and settled Finland, Estonia and Prussia, before turning...

Everyone knows that the queen is the most powerful piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. In India, ...

Recalls The Nobel Laureate's War Years.Categories: HistoryMilitary

“Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important stor...

Accomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their wa...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." ―Daily Express (UK) In Foundation...

No period in British history has more resonance and mystery today than the sixteenth century. New Worlds, Lost Worlds brings the atmosphere and events of th...

In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wi...

Warlord is the definitive chronicle of Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the Nor...

In the second portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter leads us on a whirlwind tour of Montmartre, the hill...

'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade ...

The Story Of The Creation Of The Metric System In 1792 Traces The Endeavors Of Delambre And Mâechain, The Backlash Of Superstitious Contemporaries, And The...

They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leafl...

“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM AND RAMI MALEK Henri Charrière, nicknamed ...

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest EnemyCategories: HistoryMilitary

From Finland To Newfoundland And Jelling To Jerusalem, Follow In The Wake Of The Vikings -- A Transformative Story Of A People That Begins With Paganism And...

American women wear underwear. French women wear lingerie. French women seem inherently more confident in their bodies, able to embrace the sensuality of ...

selected As One Of Usa Today’s 100 Best Spiritual Books Of The Century, This Astonishing Autobiography Tells The Gripping, Heroic Story Of The Early Life ...

Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Cézanne, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Though they were often ridiculed or ignored by their contemporari...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than a...

Presents A Compelling Account Of The Eiffel Tower's Creation And A Superb Portrait Of Belle Epoque France. As Gustave Eiffel Held Court That Summer Atop His...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O’Reilly, comes the spellbinding story...

When Edward Vi Died In 1553, The Extraordinary Fact Was That There Was No One Left To Claim The Title Of King Of England. For The First Time, England Would ...

Between them, husband and wife authors Beevor and Cooper have written a number of nonfiction works; both were appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et de...

Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman EmpireCharlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the mo...

Through Twenty-five One-day Train Trips, The Author Describes Outings Spanning Seven Hundred Years Of French History, Including Orléans, Versailles, Place ...

Eleanor Herman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-274) And Index.Categories: Medical Books PsychologySocial Psychology & Interactions

In 1665 the Carignan-Salières Regiment was sent to Canada by King Louis XIV to quell the Iroquois, whose attacks were strangling the colony's fur-based eco...

On March 16, 1244, over 200 Cathars were captured in their fortress stronghold of Montségur and were burned alive by troops of the Inquisition. While some C...

Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine’s vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolution. And t...

This compelling history of the trials of French Captain Dreyfus provides fascinating and informative reading about one of the most celebrated episodes of m...

David Pryce-jones Believes That France Has Done More Damage To The Middle East Than Any Other Country, Backing Yasser Arafat And The Palestinian Cause, Supp...

an Outstanding And Authoritative Biography Of One Of Britain's Greatest Masters. publishers Weekly phenomenal Drinking Habits, Chronic Sleep Deprivation, A...

The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten—by the author of the...

From Library JournalThis fascinating book should appeal to general readers interested in popular culture, art, and literature. Gerould, a professor of theat...

Acclaimed journalist Glass looks to the American expatriate experience of Nazi-occupied Paris to reveal a fascinating forgotten history of the greatest gene...