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The Hatter's Ghosts

The Hatter's Ghosts

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A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret series Nobody mentioned the victims, or the terror that had gripped...
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain

France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain

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One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than...
Forgotten Voices of the Somme: The Most Devastating Battle of the Great War in the Words of Those Who Survived

Forgotten Voices of the Somme: The Most Devastating Battle of the Great War in the Words of Those Who Survived

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The definitive oral history of the most infamous and bloody conflict of the Great War 1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of...
The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

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A brilliant account of the coming of the French Revolution, and the culminating work of this most distinguished historian 'Events do not come naked into the world. They come clothed...
Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58

Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58

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A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures 'Truth is mysterious, fleeting, always to be won. Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting'...
Ancien Regime and the Revolution

Ancien Regime and the Revolution

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A new translation of this classic text The Ancien Regime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is...
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

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'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing...
The Parisian

The Parisian

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A sumptuous historical novel, set against the backdrop of World War I, from 'an enormous talent' (Zadie Smith) 'A sublime reading experience- delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly...
Trio

Trio

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From the bestselling author comes a transporting new novel about the secret lives of a film crew in Brighton, 1968 A producer. A novelist. An actress. It is summer in...
Castle Shade: The intriguing mystery for Sherlock Holmes fans

Castle Shade: The intriguing mystery for Sherlock Holmes fans

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The queen, a famous beauty who has singlehandedly transformed Roumania from a backwater into a force to be reckoned with, invites the pair to Bran castle. The ancient fortress sits...
The Battle That Won the War - Bellenglise: Breaching the Hindenburg Line 1918

The Battle That Won the War - Bellenglise: Breaching the Hindenburg

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It is no exaggeration to claim that 46th North Midland Division s action on 29 September 1918 was the hammer blow that shattered the will of the German High Command....
The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders Campaign

The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders

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Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is still hardly remembered in this country and, apart from the battle honours...
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
Nationalism and the Cinema in France: Political Mythologies and Film Events, 1945-1995

Nationalism and the Cinema in France: Political Mythologies and Film

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It is often taken for granted that French cinema is intimately connected to the nation's sense of identity and self-confidence. But what do we really know about that relationship? What...
The New Face of Political Cinema: Commitment in French Film since 1995

The New Face of Political Cinema: Commitment in French Film since 1995

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Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of...
Building for Battle: Hitler's D-Day Defences

Building for Battle: Hitler's D-Day Defences

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Following nearly two years of planning and exacting preparation, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of the Nazi-dominated European continent, was mounted in the early hours of 6th June, 1944. It...
The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956

The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956

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In The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956, Noel Burch and Genevieve Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War...
Amiens 1918: From Disaster to Victory

Amiens 1918: From Disaster to Victory

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Gregory Blaxland has written a superb account of 1918, the final year of the war when the balance of advantage between the combatants changed so dramatically in a matter of...
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
Bernard Plossu: Western Colors

Bernard Plossu: Western Colors

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Format: Hardback, 270mm x 220mm, 910g, 144 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016Bernard Plossu has been called 'the most American of French photographers' by his friend and colleague...
Andre Marfaing: Paintings 1948-1986

Andre Marfaing: Paintings 1948-1986

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Author: Christophe AvertyFormat: Hardback, 248mm x 330mm, 2000g, 288 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Andre Marfaing (1925-87) was a French non-figurative painter and printmaker associated with abstract art and informalism....
Nebula

Nebula

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Format: Hardback, 244mm x 300mm, 1190g, 128 pagesPublished: Damiani, Italy, 2016Jacqueline Roberts makes portraits on glass and aluminum plates using a 150-year-old technique called wet plate collodion. The long exposures...
All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

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Author: Anthony Doerr Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE...