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Extrait : "Il en est des associations comme des cités : les unes deviennent grandes et prospères, jusqu'à sembler éternelles ; les autres disparaissent après quelques années d'une existence éphémère, comme le sillon dans une mer calme. Tel ne peut être le sort de la Société des gens de lettres qui, malgré la modestie de ses débuts, se trouve aujourd'hui l'une des plus florissantes, l'une des plus riches, en attendant qu'elle s'impose...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre María Antonieta, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Descubrir el contexto que rodea la vida de María Antonieta, desde la reconciliación entre Francia y Austria tras la guerra de los Siete Años hasta la Revolución Francesa
• Profundizar en la biografía de María Antonieta, desde su infancia en...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. George Washington - a figure synonymous with American history. His image is known worldwide, marked on American currency, postage stamps - even a state is named after him. George Washington in an Hour explores the man beneath the symbol. This is the essential chronicle of Washington's life - his rise from middle class Virginian upbringing to America's first President, elected unanimously twice.
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Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century. It examines their lifestyle, looking at how the sinking of the Spanish treasure fleet in a storm off the coast of Florida led to a pirates gold rush; how the Kings Pardon was a desperate gamble which paid off and considers the role of individual island governors, such as Woodes Rogers in the Bahamas, in bringing piracy under...
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Vice Admiral Cuthbert (Cuddy) Collingwood may have been 10 years older than Horatio Nelson but he was Nelson's close friend from the outset. They served together for over 30 years and only at Trafalgar, was Nelson his superior officer.
The relationship is all the stranger as their temperaments greatly differed. Collingwood was reserved, austere and shy but utterly competent which was why Nelson's meteoric career was so closely linked to his. Collingwood's...
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A vivid, dramatic, and eye-opening historical narrative, The Man in the Iron Mask reveals the story behind the most enduring mystery of Louis XIV's reign.
The Man in the Iron Mask has all the hallmarks of a thrilling adventure story: a glamorous and all-powerful king, ambitious ministers, a cruel and despotic jailor, dark and sinister dungeons- and a secret prisoner. It is easy for forget that this story, made famous by Alexandre Dumas, is that of...
287) Jane on the Brain
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Why is Jane Austen so phenomenally popular? Why do we read Pride and Prejudice again and again? Why do we delight in Emma's mischievous schemes? Why do we care that Anne Elliot of Persuasion suffers? We care because it is our biological destiny to be interested in people and their stories-the human brain is a social brain, and Austen's characters are so believable that, for many of us, they are not just imaginary beings, but friends whom we know and...
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord to doskonały przykład sztuki dyplomatycznej par excellence. Urodzony z kalectwem stóp, był bardziej nastawiony na karierę religijną niż polityczną. Nie licząc na wolę tego człowieka, który w 1789 roku dołączył do rewolucjonistów, sprzymierzył się z ważnymi postaciami swoich czasów i wziął udział w zamachu stanu z 18 brumaire'a, który postawił Napoleona na czele kraju. Kierując się...
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A major reframing of world history, this anthology interrogates eighteenth-and nineteenth-century European imperialism from the perspective of indigenous peoples.
Rather than casting indigenous peoples as bystanders in the Age of Revolution, “Facing Empire” examines the active roles they played in helping to shape the course of modern imperialism. Focusing on indigenous peoples' experiences of the British Empire, the volume's comparative approach...
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To crush the French Revolution, the armies of the First Coalition gathered round France's borders, the largest of which was assembled in Flanders. Composed of Anglo-Hanoverian, Dutch, Hessian, Prussian and Imperial Austrian troops, its aim was to invade France and restore the nobility to what was considered their rightful place. Opposing them was the French Armée du Nord.
In command of the Anglo-Hanoverian contingent was the son of George III, the...
291) War Along the Wabash
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On November 4, 1791, a coalition of warriors determined to set the Ohio River as a permanent boundary between tribal lands and white settlements faced an army led by Arthur St. Clair-the resulting horrific struggle ended in the greatest defeat of an American army at the hands of Native Americans.
The road to the battle of the Wabash began when Arthur St. Clair was appointed to lead an army into the heart of the Ohio Indian Confederacy while building...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
L'Histoire de la Révolution française, de Jules Michelet (1798-1874), a été publiée de 1847 à 1853.
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Histoire de la Révolution française de Jules Michelet
Chaque fiche de lecture présente une œuvre clé de la littérature ou de la pensée. Cette présentation est couplée avec un article...
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To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, this book looks at some of the stories, which inspired Daniel Defoe -stories of bravery, courage, determination and good fortune. It looks at Defoe's life and the monumental success of his novel -sometimes described as being the first in the English language. It also considers some of the reasons why people found themselves cast away -as a result of being wrecked, by being abandoned...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Marie-Antoinette en moins d'une heure!
Devenue au fil des ans un personnage mythique de l'histoire de France, Marie-Antoinette n'en est que plus mystérieuse et fascinante. Tantt considérée comme une martyre de la Révolution, tantt comme une despote criminelle, elle ne cesse d'alimenter les débats depuis sa mort tragique survenue à l'âge de 38 ans. C'est que Marie-Antoinette est un personnage...
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With Whigs and Hunters, the author of The Making of the English Working Class, E. P. Thompson plunged into the murky waters of the early eighteenth century to chart the violently conflicting currents that boiled beneath the apparent calm of the time. The subject is the Black Act, a law of unprecedented savagery passed by Parliament in 1723 to deal with 'wicked and evil-disposed men going armed in disguise'. These men were pillaging the royal forest...
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This work was originally published in 1764 and its author was a British officer who served with the Duke of Brunswick against the French as they moved north from the Rhine to push into Hanover. It is a detailed account of all operations, actions, and maneuvers. Seven battles are covered in detail and supported by maps. The original work has been modified to make following it on modern maps by correcting the spellings of German city names to their...
297) The Preacher and the Prelate: The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland
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This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute people of Achill out of degradation and idolatry through his Achill Mission Colony. The fury of the island elements, the devastation of famine, and Nangle's own volatile temperament all threatened...
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Madame Marie Tussaud is known worldwide for the chain of wax museums she started over 200 hundred years ago. Less known is that her original wax models were often of the famous and infamous people she personally knew during and after the French Revolution. These were people like Voltaire, Robespierre, and Napoleon - people who changed the world. Even more, the wax figures were depicted in scenes drawn from the horrors she experienced during the reign...
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Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British service, campaigned in many parts of the world and rose through the ranks. Despite a varied and distinguished career he has not received the attention he warrants, neither as a Loyalist from New York, nor as a successful British soldier.
Auchmuty served in...
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"A terrific biography….The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkable book."
-Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of Rivals
The true story of the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army, The Drillmaster of Valley Forge is the first biography in half a century of the immigrant Prussian soldier who molded George Washington's...
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