Frankreich

Juni 1940: Hitlers Wehrmacht hat Frankreich besiegt. Die Gestapo fahndet nach Heinrich Mann und Lion Feuchtwanger, nach Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel und...

Stefan Zweig schildert das Leben Marie Antoinettes von ihrer Kindheit in Österreich bis zu ihrer letzten Nacht in Versailles in Frankreich...

Die Faszination des Schlosses von Versailles ist ungebrochen - das zeigen nicht zuletzt die zahlreichen Publikationen zum Thema...

In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....

Dans une évocation gorgée de couleurs fortes et de furieuses sonorités, Philippe de Villiers fait revivre Clovis et lui donne la parole...

From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court....

La Révolution aurait-elle connu un autre cours si Robespierre n'avait été celui qu'il était ? La psychologie de l'"Incorruptible" traquée dans tous...

Les années Freud racontent l'histoire de l'introduction de la psychanalyse en France : la rencontre de Freud et de Charcot, la découverte de l'hystérie...

A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy....

Napoleon - schon der Name ist bis heute Inbegriff von Ruhm und historischer Größe. Nur selten in der Weltgeschichte hat ein Mensch in so...

Stefan Zweig ist ein Meister der historischen Miniatur. Dieses Talent zeigt er besonders bei seinen "Sternstunden der Menschheit"...

"Das Bild der Kathedrale Notre Dame in Flammen ergriff und schockierte mich zutiefst. Ein Vermächtnis von unschätzbarem Wert lag vor...

These are entirely Napoleon Bonaparte's own words, written and spoken, and collected in journal form. A particular focus here has been put on Napoleon's writings that pertain to military and state matters. The dates in terms of the revolutionary calendar have been modernized....

From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....

An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another....

The Congress of Vienna, which took place over several months during 1814 and 1815, was an attempt to resolve the numerous challenges presented by Napoleon’s expansion and his subsequent defeat....

Il est arrivé le 15 mai 1779 à l'École royale militaire de Brienne. Il n'a pas encore dix ans et parle à peine le français... Il va rester cinq ans dans cette école...

This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....

Catherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for 30 years....

Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today....