A History of Modern France offers a framework to understand modern French history through a survey of the dramatic events that have punctuated its history from

With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and p

Organized chronologically, A History of Modern France presents a survey of the dramatic events that have punctuated French history, including the French Revolut

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