The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Last Banquet in Books
Oct 7, 2020
Mary Queen of Scots
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Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France...
The Patriotic Traitor
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Phillipe Petain, a tough, uncompromising soldier who rose through the ranks to save France in 1916...
Marc Mimram: Architecture & Structure
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Since his debut as an architect and engineer with a footbridge over a highway in Toulouse, France,...
Cockerels and Vultures: French Poems of the First World War
Albert-Paul Granier and Ian Higgins
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Cockerels and Vultures is a book for everyone interested in the poetry of the First World War. For...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Young Survivors in Books
Jun 14, 2020
Written from the perspective of three of the children, the story tells of their harrowing experiences during the German occupation of France and having to move from place to place, losing the adults in their lives and being separated from their siblings.
This is a heart-rending story but also a story of survival, bravery and hope and I want to thank the Duckworth Books Group via JellyBooks for my copy in return for them analysing my reading data and an honest review although this wasn't compulsory.
The Red and the Black
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An extensively revised "Backgrounds and Contexts" section provides geographical and political...
The Program (2016)
Movie Watch
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de...