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French History

The History of France

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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

Louis XIV

64 books — 28 voters

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Candide and Philosophical Letters by Voltaire

Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

The Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay

The Enlightenment and its Impact

288 books — 99 voters

Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Pierre Abélard

Women's Correspondence - Letters in History

213 books — 70 voters

The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B. Costain

Non-fiction books about the Hundred Years' War

119 books — 30 voters

Early Medieval Architecture by Roger Stalley

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel by Frances Gies

Medieval Architecture by Nicola Coldstream

Medieval Architecture (nonfiction)

89 books — 19 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)

249 books — 90 voters

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Quotes Tagged “French History”

“ Motherhood had been metamorphosing Marie Antoinette into a more grounded and responsible woman. Her pregnancies had necessitated several months' absence from her usual round of gay amusements and she discovered that it was more fun to spend time with her children than it had been to play faro deep into the wee hours of the morning. But her reputation as a frivolous, extravagant ninny and the marital issues in the royal bed had already demonized her in the eyes of the people at all levels of soc ...more ”
― Leslie Carroll, Notorious Royal Marriages

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“ Il n'est pas nécessaire de vivre. Il est nécessaire de naviguer. ...more ”
― H. Will Bashor, JEAN-BAPTISTE CLERY: Eyewitness to Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette's Nightmare

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