A history of France / John Julius Norwich.
Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018, author.
2018
DC39 .N67 2018 (Mapit)
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Title A history of France / John Julius Norwich.
Author Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018, author.
Edition First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
ISBN 9780802128904 (hardcover)
0802128904 (hardcover)
9780802146700 (electronic book)
Published New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
Language English
Description xiii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Call Number DC39 .N67 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 944
Summary Chronicles the history of France, from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the mid-first century BC to the end of World War II.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Very dark indeed, 58 BC-843
Their own destruction sure, 843-1151
The gift of Excalibur, 1151-1223
The fatal tower, 1223-1326
A captured king, 1326-80
A foregone conclusion, 1380-1453
The universal spider, 1453-83
A warm, sunlit land, 1483-1515
With his usual flourish, 1515-47
"Well worth a mass," 1547-1643
"L'âEtat c'est moi?," 1643-1715
The writing on the wall, 1715-89
"I am indeed your king," 1789-93
"Pas de faiblesse!," 1793-5
A blessing or a curse?, 1795-1815
The perfect compromise, 1815-48
"A symbol of national glory," 1848-52
A sphinx without a riddle: 1852-70
The last manifestation, 1870-3
"J'accuse!," 1873-1935
The Cross of Lorraine, 1935-45.

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