France 1914-40 France's war from 1914 to 1918 was a war like Europe had never before witnessed. A war of new technologies and of...

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The period falls into four parts. Firstly what can be described as the traumatic birth of the 3rd Republic in the aftermath of defeat in...

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It should be no surprise to learn that Louis XVI's two younger brothers, Louis XVIII and Charles X, returned to the throne of France...

Napoleon the Great Andrew Roberts Napoleon Adam Zamoyski The Napoleonic Wars Richard Holmes...

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Caught between Nazism and Stalinism Recap on the inter war years (with new material) 1939/41 Poland divided as result of Ribbentrop and...

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* vERY VERY PERSONAL SELECTION Pre Revolution *Louis XIV Philip Mansel Louis XIV: The Real King of Versailles Josephine Wilkinson...

The reign of Louis XVI (1774-93), in hindsight, marked France's last opportunity to deal with its myriad of problems, financial, social,...

2 types of Famine in history Lenin and Ukraine. The War of Reconquest Politics and Food Famine in USSR as in Tsarist Russia Lenin and...

To great glory and to utter humiliation for the Royal House Glory came in the reign of The Sun King, Louis XIV. This is exemplified in...

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The Modern 16th century Two European movements dominate French history during this century, as they dominated the history of the wider...

1795-1914 Prelude: Odessa Stairs, Prince Potemkin, Crimes, and Putin Introduction: The Partition of Poland-Lithuania Russian Ukraine: A...