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French History : A Captivating Guide to the History of France, Charlemagne, and Notre-Dame de Paris, Paperback / softback Book

French History : A Captivating Guide to the History of France, Charlemagne, and Notre-Dame de Paris Paperback / softback

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If you want to discover the captivating history of France, then keep reading...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

  • History of France: A Captivating Guide to French History
  • Charlemagne: A Captivating Guide to the Greatest Monarch of the Carolingian Empire and How He Ruled over the Franks, Lombards, and Romans
  • Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval Europe

France has influenced the course of history in Europe and the world for centuries. Considered one of the world's most beautiful countries and home to some of the world's most visited tourist locations, France has enthralled and fascinated the people who've discovered that, in many ways, the history of France encompasses both the good and bad in the human character.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

  • The simple facts about France-its population, economy, and geography
  • The surprisingly advanced world of the Gauls and their famous leader Vercingetorix, who waged a bloody war against the Romans and Julius Caesar
  • The great emperor Charlemagne, who created the largest and strongest military and the greatest empire after the fall of Rome and who was also the first "Holy Roman
  • The legendary Joan of Arc, the teenager who victoriously inspired the armies of France against the English in the 15th century
  • The amazing world of Louis XIV and his beautiful and grandiose Palace of Versailles
  • The bloody, inspiring struggle for freedom that was the French Revolution and how it still influences revolutions and politics today
  • The brilliant Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican-born "foreigner" who built an empire using the force of his will and who was ahead of his time, enacting military tactics that are still studied today in military academies around the world
  • The tragic Franco-Prussian War and how it led to the bloody wars of the 20th century in Europe
  • France's brave role in World War I
  • The tragedy of WWII, the French Resistance, and collaboration
  • The internal struggles of France since the end of the Second World War
  • And much more!

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

  • Before the Great King
  • Rise to Power
  • Sibling Rivalry
  • To the Pope's Rescue
  • The One Defeat
  • The Burning of the Sacred Places
  • More Conquests
  • An Empire Rises
  • And much, much more!

Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:

  • Before Notre-Dame
  • The Construction of a Cathedral
  • A Curse and a Coronation
  • The First Ransacking
  • Louis Times Two
  • Surviving Revolution
  • The Emperor and the Hunchback
  • Two Warrior Women
  • Withstanding the War
  • Part of Us Burning
  • And much, much more!

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