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The great American exodus to Paris after World War I included not only writers and artists but journalists. They came by the score, the raw and the accomplished, and in...

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. Paris has long been celebrated as a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedIn 1765, a young Scottish lawyer embarked on an audacious journey to one of Europe's most turbulent corners, returning with a work that would ignite a...

A young ship's officer abandons his imperiled vessel and its passengers only to survive and face scorn, guilt, and his own need for atonement. Inexpensive, unabridged edition. First published in...

Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light wear at bottom of jacket - otherwise still structural and illustrations...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the glittering decades when Hollywood reigned supreme as the dream factory of the world, no studio shone more brilliantly than Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — and...

Edition: First US editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA definitive political biography, Anthony Eden presents a sweeping and meticulously researched account of one of Britain's...

Author: Sophie Divry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The story of a woman's life, from childhood to death, somewhere in provincial France, from the 1950s to just shy of...

'A book of such quality as to persuade you that historical novels are the true business of the writer.' Daily Telegraph A gripping, shocking story of history, enlightement and slavery...

Set in Provence in the waning years of the French Revolution, the book centres on the experiences of Peyrol, an exile who is drawn into the lives of the inhabitants...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover. No stickers or labels visible. A richly detailed work of French Revolutionary...

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew novels in the Western canon have so devastatingly laid bare the collision between romantic illusion and provincial reality...

To many Australians, Bob Brown remains a beacon of hope. Hope for a better environment, hope for a more compassionate Australia, hope for a better world. Bob Brown: Gentle Revolutionary...

Author: Hazel KingBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne; Oxford University Press;, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography recounts the life and career of Richard Bourke, an Irish-born British Army...

Author: John L Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsRichard Bourke by Hazel King presents a comprehensive biography of Sir Richard Bourke, a pivotal figure in early Australian colonial...

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