A Short History of France

A Short History

by Mary Platt Parmele

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Genres: History

122 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1898

About the author

Mary Platt Parmele was an American author and historian.

Mary Platt was born in Albany and educated in New York. Her first marriage was to J. J. Agnew and her second marriage to Theodore W. Parmele. From 1892 she began contributing philosophical articles and short stories to reviews and magazines, and published Kingdom of the Invisible and Christian Science. However, her most successful books were a number of "Short History" books of various countries written in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her "Short History of..." books included France, Russia, England, United States, Germany, Spain, and Italy.

Reviews

[Somebody · Rating 1 out of 5]

垃圾。看这个书名我应该知道是浪费时间的东西。。逻辑混乱，写得东一榔头西一棒也是佩服，作者评论起历史来语气十分傲慢，掺了太多个人观点，让人想把书摔她脸上。翻译糟糕到怀疑译者不会说中文。

[Gina Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful

Very interesting read however, I would say as a proud Brit, would prefer my country not to be continually slandered.

[F S · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Well-written and engaging book

[Duckpondwithoutducks · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know that I couldn't expect something too scholarly when it is called a "short history", but I felt that sometimes the author mentioned a person or event she expected that we knew all about it already, and didn't have to explain what she meant. It was definitely an overview, to bring back to your mind events that you have studied before, but not the best introductory book on the subject.