A clear and up-to-date guide to French history from the Middle Ages to the present.
A Concise History of French Painting
Written with clarity and nuance, this work offers a deeply knowledgeable understanding of the political possibilities available at any given moment in the course of the Revolution, placing them in a broad social context.
A concise history of Italy from the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the present day.
"Reproductions of art works and descriptive text provide an illustrated study of French life throughout the ages." -- Amazon.com.
|Lively, well-written, satirical and profound.' - Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieThis stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from 987 to the present day.
Concise History of France: Tes2
Ample contemporary illustrations accompany a survey of social, political, and military events surrounding the Revolution.
The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by diseases which would ravage the native populations.
Any reader needing a broad overview of the sweep of European history since 1789 will find this book, published in a first edition under the title Revolutionary Europe, an engaging and cohesive narrative.
In a gripping narrative supported by beautiful illustrations, Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic.