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The fall of the Bastille

Nathaniel Harris

Describes the storming of the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, and the significance of this event in the revolution that followed and in subsequent French history

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Charlemagne

Richard Winston

Surveys the age of Charlemagne and his influence on subsequent periods of European history. Profusely illustrated with photographs of art dating from the time of Charlemagne

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Cardinal Richelieu

Pat Glossop

A biography of the able seventeenth-century statesman who, for more than eighteen years, was the actual ruler of France during the reign of Louis XIII

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The three musketeers

Alexandre. Dumas, Maurice Leloir

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For Freedom

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Despite the horrors of World War II, a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer, which takes her to places where she gains information about what the Nazis are doing-- information

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Antoine Lavoisier

Marylou Morano Kjelle

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Robespierre and the French Revolution in World History

Tom McGowen

Traces the history of the French Revolution from the storming of the Bastille through the rise of Napoleon, highlighting the influence of revolutionary leader, Maximilien Robespierre, from his early l

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Cooking the French Way

Lynne Marie Waldee

An introduction to the cooking of France that features basic recipes for everyday lunches, snacks, dinners, and desserts, as well as holiday and festival foods; presents details on the French dining t

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Napoleon

Bob Carroll

A biography of the general who used his skills to carve out the largest and wealthiest empire the world had seen since the fall of Rome.

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Discovering the Rommel Murder

Martin Blumenson, Charles F Marshall

A biography of German Marshal Erwin "Desert Fox" Rommel.

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