“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...
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“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...
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Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood, The Mob, The Monarchy and the French Revolution (Little, Brown, 1989)
“…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 ...
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“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.”...
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“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...
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“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...
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“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.” ...
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“Text and photographs present art treasures of the Medici and other great Italian houses of the Renaissance.” ...
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“Profiles the statesman and officer whose liberal ideals prompted him to fight with the colonists in the American Revolution.” ...
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“The hallmarks of the eighteenth century – its opulence, charm, wit, intelligence – are embodied in the age’s remarkable women.” The hallmarks of the eighte...
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“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...
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