Bonaparte
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Patrice Gueniffey is the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age. This...
Charles Brandon: Henry VIII's Closest Friend
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We don't really consider Henry VIII to have had friends, rather subjects, cronies and dutiful wives...
Flaubert
Michel Winock and Nicholas Elliot
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Michel Winock's biography situates Gustave Flaubert's life and work in France's century of great...
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
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'Highly readable and deeply researched' - Andrew Roberts 'Masterful ...brilliantly brings to life...
Jorge Semprun: The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis & Conquered Paris
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Spanish by birth, Parisian by adoption, Semprun (1923-2011) was a legendary figure on the front...
Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma
Nuno Garoupa, Carlos Gomez Liguerre and Lela Melon
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Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency. More recently, it has been suggested that...
Performing Spaces: Triumphal Entries and Festivals in Early Modern Scotland
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Based on a comprehensive interpretation and comparison of the existing sources - including city...
Hero or Tyrant? Henry III, King of France, 1574-89
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King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at...
Contested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food
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Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the...
Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror: Christianity, Violence, and the West
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Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror examines the ways that Christian theology has shaped centuries of...