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This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true "social order". Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world.

Ernest Hemingway's literary ambitions took root in France in the 1920s among some of the most extravagantly creative artists of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and others were drawn to the left bank of the Seine in Paris after World War I. Hemingway joined them and, with the publication of his book The Sun Also Rises became one of the most powerful forces in the vortex of talent and experimentation.

By the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies dominated Europe. France defeated every alliance formed against her and Louis was poised to extend his frontier to the Rhine and install a French prince on the throne of Spain. Two men saved Europe from French military domination: the Duke of...

'Glenny does the sort of history I wish I had been taught at school' Jemima Lewis, The Telegraph Former BBC Central European correspondent Misha Glenny investigates the borders, stories and people of nine countries worldwide, and asks how they acquired the shape and character they have today...

From an award-winning historian, the story of World War II exiles and one famed Paris hotel. Since its birth in 1910, the Hotel Lutetia has been a grand Paris institution, a meeting place for artists, intellectuals, musicians, and politicians. André Gide took his lunch here, James Joyce lived...

The dramatic untold story of Eugénie de Montijo, the woman who created haute couture, fought for women’s rights, opened France’s schools to girls and ruled the country as its last empress, yet today remains almost unknown. Although a nineteenth-century woman, her almost twenty-first-century...

The Three Musketeers are remembered for their courage, loyalty, and legendary adventures. But behind the romance of duels and royal intrigue lay a quieter, more disciplined world—one shaped by routine, silence, and service. This audiobook steps away from the noise of heroism and into the everyday reality of 17th-century France.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. En una Europa atravesada por guerras, censura y cambios científicos, René Descartes decidió desconfiar de todo para encontrar una verdad que no pudiera derrumbarse. Este libro recorre su vida: el niño frágil que se convierte en estudiante jesuita...

The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and launched shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history, Peter McPhee draws on a lifetime's study of eighteenth-century France and Europe to create an entirely fresh account of the world's first great modern revolution—its origins, drama, complexity, and significance.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This book recounts the life of Louis XVI from his childhood at Versailles to the guillotine, revealing the shy, religious, family-oriented man behind the indecisive monarch. This work traces the crisis of the Ancien Régime, the explosion of the French...

Before the barricades rose and the world changed forever, ordinary people in London and Paris lived ordinary lives. They baked bread at dawn and carried water from public fountains. They raised children in narrow streets and worked trades they had not chosen. They prayed in ancient churches and whispered rumors in crowded markets. They slept without knowing what was coming.

In Belle Époque Paris, the Eiffel Tower was newly built, France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were painting the town and gathering at a female-only Residence known as The American Girls' Club in Paris. Opened in 1893, The Club was the center of expatriate living and of dedication to a calling in the fine arts, and singularly harbored a generation of independent, talented, and driven American women. Now in The Club, curator, art historian, and podcast host Jennifer Dasal presents the never-before-told story of the Club.

Behind every great novel lies a city of unseen lives. Quiet History Behind Les Misérables invites listeners into the everyday world of ordinary people living in 19th-century Paris—the workers, vendors, mothers, children, and laborers who formed the living backdrop of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This book does not retell the story of Les Misérables. Instead, it explores the real social fabric that made such a story possible.

Paris is one of the most recognisable cities on the planet. Its skyline is etched into our minds with the Eiffel Tower rising above the rooftops, the Arc de Triomphe commanding the Champs-Élysées, and the Louvre guarding masterpieces beneath its glass pyramid. Yet for all its fame, Paris holds secrets—curious, quirky, and quietly astonishing facts that even many Parisians don’t know.

Partant du constat que la France semble avoir aujourd'hui renoncé à assumer sa place dans le monde, à maîtriser ses finances publiques, à faire face aux défis économiques et géopolitiques du monde contemporain, à répondre aux tensions qui traversent sa société, etc. Thierry Breton se demande si le « renoncement » ne faisait finalement pas partie de nos vieux travers, de nos héritages historiques, de notre psychologie collective...

The eighteenth century was a time of cultural friction: individuals began to assert greater independence and there was a new emphasis on social equality. In this surprising history, Lynn Hunt examines women's expanding societal roles, such as using tea to facilitate conversation between the sexes in Britain. In France, women also pushed boundaries by becoming artists, and printmakers' satiric takes on the elite gave the lower classes a chance to laugh at the upper classes and imagine the potential of political upheaval.

What if the true impact of the Napoleonic Wars has been misunderstood? Immerse yourself in an era of colossal battles, revolutionary military strategies, and a world forever altered by Napoleon Bonaparte’s relentless ambition. The Napoleonic Wars offers you a front-row seat to a time when the fate of nations hung in the balance.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This book offers a complete and profoundly human portrait of Louis XIV of France, the celebrated Sun King, from his childhood marked by the Fronde to his final days dominated by illness, mourning, and concern for the future of his kingdom. Through this...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This book offers a comprehensive, human, and well-documented journey through the life and legacy of Joan of Arc, from her childhood in Domrémy and the emergence of her 'voices', to the Loire campaigns, the coronation of Charles VII, the trial in Rouen...

Little Book of Louis Vuitton is the captivating story of one of the world’s most luxurious fashion houses. Louis Vuitton’s monogrammed bags have been seen on the arms of celebrities and royals alike for over 150 years. From the young Louis seeking his fortune in Paris through to two world wars, the Great Depression, the Jazz Age and the Swinging Sixties, there is no era in which this most opulent of brands hasn’t thrived.