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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Précis de l'histoire de France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie, jusqu'à nos jour
Author: Manuel Du Bibliophile Ou Traité Du Choix Des Livres
Author: Gabriel PeignotPublisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The Catalogue of the Public Library of Victoria
Author: Public Library of VictoriaPublisher:
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Napoleon and de Gaulle
Author: Patrice GueniffeyPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674247140
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
An Australian Book Review Best Book of the Year One of France’s most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history. Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratizing history, we have lost track of the outsized role that individual will and charisma can play in shaping the world, especially in moments of extreme tumult. Patrice Gueniffey provides a compelling reminder in this powerful dual biography of two transformative leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle. Both became national figures at times of crisis and war. They were hailed as saviors and were eager to embrace the label. They were also animated by quests for personal and national greatness, by the desire to raise France above itself and lead it on a mission to enlighten the world. Both united an embattled nation, returned it to dignity, and left a permanent political legacy—in Napoleon’s case, a form of administration and a body of civil law; in de Gaulle’s case, new political institutions. Gueniffey compares Napoleon’s and de Gaulle’s journeys to power; their methods; their ideas and writings, notably about war; and their postmortem reputations. He also contrasts their weaknesses: Napoleon’s limitless ambitions and appetite for war and de Gaulle’s capacity for cruelty, manifested most clearly in Algeria. They were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make.
Biblioteca Cooperiana
Author: Charles Purton CooperPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Congress: Aargau to Lichfield
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Congress ; Index of Subjects, in Two Volumes
Author: Library of CongressBulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Katalog der Privat-Bibliothek seiner Majestät des Königs von Hannover. [With] Nachtrags-Katalog
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Author: L. NolteCatalogue of books
Author: India home dept, librPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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