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変革栄えて、国滅ぶ。これは230年前に書かれた「現代日本の省察」だ！18世紀、自由と秩序のバランスを求めて、華麗な弁舌をふるったイギリスの政治家・文人エドマンド・バーク。

This guide looks at the attitudes and values of Francophones, showing you how to fit in as a foreigner with practical advice on avoiding social faux pas.

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolors....

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

La Révolution française de la fin des années 1790 fut l'un des événements cruciaux de l'histoire européenne. Ce fut le moment décisif — un glissement historique qui fit entrer le monde dans une nouvelle ère, complètement différente. Hélas, tous ces changements ont un coût élevé.

An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund...

L'Histoire de France des origines à nos jours, racontée avec passion et humour ! Un champ de ruines, voilà ce que risquent de devenir vos connaissances en...

Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose....

The French Revolution was fueled by the Enlightenment ideals Maximilien Robespierre vocally supported. But history remembers Robespierre as instrumental in the Reign of Terror....

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....

Fought from February to December 1916, the Battle of Verdun was intended to “bleed the French white” and bring their army to the point of collapse. Instigated by the Germans under the command of General Erich von Falkenhayn, it became a war of attrition....

This chapter of France's history is about the Earlier Kings Of France: the House of Paris, the Kingdom of Hugh Capet, the Earlier Kings of the House of Paris...

Louis XVI (1754 -1793) est le dernier roi de la monarchie absolue française. Son tempérament, éloigné des vertus de leader et de réformateur...

Frankreich in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts – es ist die Zeit von großen Veränderungen, die nach der Revolution von 1789 zu einer stürmischen ...

Some historians have called the Seven Years’ War the first true world war, and they make a good point. Ultimately, this globally coordinated war involved five continents and at least 29 states and tribal confederacies, with a casualty toll in the millions and the maps forever altered....

A cogent, comprehensive, and sweeping account of Napoleon’s dismantling of the French Revolution, giving new insight into this critical period of French history....

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

When we think of great cultural heroes who gave everything to their country, we think of Joan of Arc. A national hero who, at such a young age, brought France back from the brink of defeat, energized the French army, gave the people a purpose worth fighting for....

As nationalism and anti-immigration rhetoric surge in France (and elsewhere), The Shortest History of France presents a portrait of a nation whose politics and society have always been shaped by global forces.

Struggling to reassert control over their Indochinese colonies after WW II, the French established a huge air-land base in Dien Bien Phu. But when the opposing VPA began massing its forces against the base in 1953, French commanders seized the chance to draw their enemy into a battle....