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OLIVIER BERNIER

OLIVIER BERNIER

HISTORIAN, LECTURER, AUTHOR

Category: Books

Books

The World in 1800 (2000)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“A spellbinding account of one of the most momentous chapters in the story of civilization, The World in 1800 is a singular achievement by a premier historian and an irresistible read for schola... Read More
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Fireworks at Dusk, Paris in the Nineteen Thirties, (Little, Brown, 1993)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“This is a richly detailed and immensely readable overview of the social, artistic, and political life in Paris during a brilliant decade of extraordinary cultural achievement.” From Publi... Read More
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Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood, The Mob, The Monarchy and the French Revolution (Little, Brown, 1989)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“…this engrossing history of the French Revolution starts with the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and ends with Marie Antoinette’s execution in 1793.” From Publishers Weekly ... Read More
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At the Court of Napoleon, 1988

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“A longtime friend of the Bonaparte family, the Duchesse d’Abrantes, Laure Permon Junot, was part of the inner circle which came to power in Napoleonic France between 1800 and 1814.”... Read More
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Louis XIV, A Royal Life (Doubleday, 1987)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“The life of the Sun King is described with immediacy from his birth in 1638, after an unexpected meeting between his alienated parents. Louis XIV inherited the throne when he was five at his fa... Read More
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Secrets of Marie Antoinette (Doubleday, 1985)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“Letters between Marie Antoinette and her mother, the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, document life at the French court and Marie’s personal concerns.”     This fascinati... Read More
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Louis The Beloved, The Life of Louis XV (Doubleday, 1984)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“Traces the life of Louis XV, the king of France, offers a glimpse of his complex personality, and looks at the highlights of his fifty-nine year reign.”      ... Read More
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The Renaissance Princes, 1983

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“Text and photographs present art treasures of the Medici and other great Italian houses of the Renaissance.”  ... Read More
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Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds (Dutton, 1983)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“Profiles the statesman and officer whose liberal ideals prompted him to fight with the colonists in the American Revolution.”  ... Read More
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The Eighteenth Century Woman (Doubleday and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“The hallmarks of the eighteenth century – its opulence, charm, wit, intelligence – are embodied in the age’s remarkable women.”     The hallmarks of the eighte... Read More
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Art and Craft, a novel (Seaview Books, 1980)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
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Pleasure and Privilege, Life in France, Naples and the United States, 1770 1790 (Doubleday, 1980)

September 6, 2016March 8, 2019
“French culture during the 1770s and 1780s bloomed as it never had before (or never has since), producing the most etiquette-ridden, frivolous, glittering, and useless aristocracy since Louis XV... Read More

Book a Trip with Olivier!

  • Chateaux and Cathedrals Bourges, the Berry, and Amboise – March 30 – April 12, 2021
    May 12, 2020
  • A Distinctive Winter Journey – Southern India – February 15, 2020
    Jun 6, 2019
  • Doges and Palaces of Venice and the Veneto – October 10, 2019
    Feb 19, 2019
  • A Connaisseur’s: France Provence and Languedoc – May 13th 2019
    Oct 15, 2018
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