Historical Dictionary of France

von Gino Raymond

471 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoléon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these events in the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of France.Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers, a thorough history of France is presented.

• Reihe: Scarecrow Press
• ISBN: 9780810850958
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.10.2008
• Größe: 223 x 149 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc