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Tag Archives: France
Bonaparte’s Invaders
Bonaparte’s Invaders(c) 1998 Richard Howard320 pages It is the year 1799, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s triumphant army, having recently earned the Corsican glory and loot in Italy, has now boarded a fleet of ships and sailed east — destination unknown. Bonaparte … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, France, historical fiction, military, The Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleon: Life and Legacy
Napoleon: Life and Legacy© 2011 Alan Forrest403 pages Napoleon is an unavoidable figure of European history, and enjoys no shortage of admirers even today. For years he dominated a continent, using native talents given abundant opportunities opened by the revolution … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged biography, Europe, France, history, The Napoleonic Wars
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Short rounds: Star Trek and Musketeers
It’s been open season on the classics this month: not only did I finish up June ( and take care of July, but I’ve recently advanced into August’s reading, defeating The Three Musketeers, and am about to mount an attack … Continue reading
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London© 1933 George Orwell224 pages “Have they no refuge or resource?” cried Scrooge. “Are there no prisons?” said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. “Are there no … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, Classics Club, Classics Club Challenge, France, George Orwell, London, poverty
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The Age of Napoleon
The Age of Napoleon© 1975 will Durant870 pages Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me – or didn’t. Will and Ariel Durant intended for Rousseau and Revolution to be the final volume in their epic … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, France, French Revolution, Germany, military, music, Russia, Spain, Story of Civilization, Will Durant
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Rousseau and Revolution
Rousseau and Revolution© 1957 Will and Ariel Durant1092 pages “…little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor, and of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged art, Austria, Britain, Classics and Literary, France, French Revolution, Germany, history, literature, music, Russia, Spain, Story of Civilization
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Florida Under Five Flags
Florida Under Five Flags© 1945 Rembert Patrick160 pages Note: I read from the 1st edition. This cover is from the 5th edition, which has been updated and presumably revised. The State of Florida entered the Union in 1845; in 1945, … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged America, American South, Colonial America, Florida, France, history, Spain
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Turbulent Skies
Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation© 1995 T. H. Heppenheimer408 pages What a century was the 20th, which turned everyday life into the stuff of yesteryear’s science fiction. Who would believe at its dawning that one day people would … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged America, aviation, Britain, business, France, Germany, history, technology, Technology and Society, transportation
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Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg© 1979 Robert Warnick200 pages As much as I’d hoped to read Len Deighton’s Blitzkrieg, it’s weeks overdue at the library and I’m ready to close out the first stage of this WW2 reading set. This volume of the Time-Life … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged France, history, military, Scandinavia, Time-Life History, WW2
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The Miracle of Dunkirk
The Miracle of Dunkirk© 1982 Walter Lord323 pages In September 1939, British troops arrived in Europe to defend France against a rapidly expansionistic Nazi regime. Germany’s leader of six years, Adolf Hitler, had already annexed Austria and Czechslovakia, and following … Continue reading