by Peter Mayle  Publisher Comments A funny--and often hilarious--month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations of moving into an old French farmhouse in Provence and adapting to a very different way of life.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Natalie Davis Publisher Comments The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Rick Steves Publisher Comments Completely revised and updated, this guide includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights, friendly places to eat and sleep, suggested day plans, walking tours and trip itineraries, and clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere... (read more) Your Price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Adam Gopnik Publisher Comments Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner — in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans.... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
18th Century and Revolutionary by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments New life of the legendary French queen, Marie Antoinette, which goes beyond the image of the vacuous uncaring aristo, to reveal a woman who was a passionate patron of the arts, and who was the victim of several personal and political slurs and hate... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert Darnton Publisher Comments When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730's held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Christopher Rauschenberg Publisher Comments Between 1888 and 1927 Eug??ne Atget meticulously photographed Paris and its environments, capturing in thousands of photographs the city??'s parks, streets, and buildings as well as its diverse inhabitants. Christopher Rauschenberg spent a year in the... (read more) Your Price $40.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Rick (frw) Atkinson Publisher Comments “You are about to play a personal part in pushing the Germans out of France. Whatever part you take—rifleman, hospital orderly, mechanic, pilot, clerk, gunner, truck driver—you will be an essential factor in a great effort.” ... (read more) Your Price $12.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Serge Hambourg Synopsis May 9 through 13, 1968 was the beginning of a time of upheaval and social spectacle that pitted students and workers against an unsympathetic government in a series of spirited protests that would fundamentally change France. This catalogue showcases... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Deborah Davis Publisher Comments The story behind the legendary John Singer Sargent painting that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public ridicule. John Singer Sargent's Madame X is one of the world's best-known portraits. As the... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David Burke Publisher Comments No city has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the 15th century through the 20th, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their... (read more) Your Price $32.50 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Philip Ziegler Publisher Comments The unique and fascinating life of Talleyrand’s niece, Dorothea Courland, Duchess of Dino, will grab readers’ attention and hold it fast. This first English-language biography of the Duchess paints a portrait of an intelligent, strikingly... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Isser Woloch Publisher Comments A great historian explains how Napoleon forged a dictatorship and explores the dilemmas of collaboration, personal and political. This is the story of how Napoleon managed his ascent from general of the Republic and first consul to dictator and conqueror... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) more about this title 
by J Rand Taraborrelli Publisher Comments Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars, she was exhausted by the show-business lifestyle. If she married Rainier, she would... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by David Stewart Publisher Comments The province of Roussillon was acquired by France in 1659, just as Louis XIV reached his majority. The region was peopled by Catalans, a group with their own language, religious values, political traditions, and cultural patterns. Louis XIV and his... (read more) Your Price $17.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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