It's July 14th and the twins are on vacation at their grandfather's house watching the fireworks from the balcony of a neighbor who tells them the story of the French Revolution--the taking of the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the guillotine, and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Translation of: Le rouge et le noir. Revised and updated bibliography. A cold, uncompromising tutor seeks to fulfill his lust for power and wealth in France after the Revolution.
A biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emporer of France, discussing his Corsican roots, the many battles he fought in order to secure control of France and more.
Provides an account of European history in the years between 1789 and 1849, focusing on the clash between forces of change and forces of conservatism in various arenas of politics and society.
A guide to the life, legacy, and accomplishments of Napoleon Bonaparte that chronicles his military campaigns, romantic relationships, removal from power, and lasting impact on world history.
a new translation : responses, contemporaries and other novelists, twentieth-century criticism
Balzac, Honor? de
1994
Presents an English translation of Balzac's 1835 novel in which Goriot, a loving parent, is willingly reduced to poverty so that he may satisfy the demands of his well-married but debt-ridden daughters, and includes a selection of twentieth-century criticism.
Recounts the life and military achievements of French general Napoleon Bonaparte, describing how he overcame impossible odds to rise to success during the French Revolution.
A reprint of the 1963 text which examines the military, political, cultural, economic, and social aspects of the Napoleonic world, and provides insight into the life and thinking of French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.