With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby provides an expert and riveting journey through this period as he recounts and analyses the extraordinary sequence of events of this period from the end of the First Revolution through two others, a return of Empire, three catastrophic wars with Germany, periods of stability and hope interspersed with years of uncertainty and high tensions. As her cross-Channel neighbour Great Britain would equally suffer, France was to undergo the wrenching loss of colonies in the post-Second World War as the new modern world we know today took shape. Her attempts to become the leader of the European union is a constant struggle, as was her lack of support for America in the two Gulf Wars of the past twenty years. Alongside this came huge social changes and cultural landmarks but also fundamental questioning of what this nation, which considers itself exceptional, really stood - and stands - for. That saga and those questions permeate the France of today, now with an implacable enemy to face in the form of Islamic extremism which so bloodily announced itself this year in Paris. Fenby will detail every event, every struggle and every outcome across this expanse of 200 years. It will prove to be the definitive guide to understanding France.
Nation, state and empire
Robin Lane Fox, Gillian Clark, Steven Grosby, Tom Holland, Peter H Wilson, Larry Siedentop, Lawrence James, Maurizio Viroli, Simon Mayall, Jessica Frazier, Jeremy Jennings, Josef Joffe, Philip Bobbitt, Richard J Evans, Lucy Riall, Lars Trägårdh, Charles S Maier, Rob Johnson, Tim Marshall, Harvey Whitehouse, Christopher Coker, Janne Haaland Matláry, Carlos Escudé, Jonathan Fenby, Martina Winkelhofer, David Goodhart, Iain Martin, Freddy Gray
audiobookbookSociety in Crisis
Clive Aslet, Phillip Bobbitt, Peter Burke, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Fenby, Peter Frankopan, Jessica Frazier, Lawrence Freedman, Matthew Goodwin, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Johan Hakelius, Vanessa Harding, Tom Holland, Mark Honingsbaum, Alexander Lee, Tim Marshall, Lincoln Paine, Iskander Rehman, Donald Sassoon, David Seedhouse, Graham Stewart, Hew Strachan, Helen Thompson, Richard Whatmore, Adrian Wooldridge
bookSamhälle i kris
Peter Frankopan, Helen Thompson, Tim Marshall, Jonathan Fenby, Donald Sassoon, Matthew Goodwin, Lawrence Freedman, Jessica Frazier, Alexander Lee, Iskander Rehman, Tom Holland, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Clive Aslet, Johan Hakelius, Lincoln Paine, Hew Strachan, Gillian Clark, Mark Honingsbaum, David Seedhouse, Vanessa Harding, Richard Whatmore, Philip Bobbitt, Peter Burke, Graham Stewart, Adrian Wooldridge
audiobookbookNation, stat och imperium
Robin Lane Fox, Gillian Clark, Steven Grosby, Tom Holland, Peter H Wilson, Larry Siedentop, Lawrence James, Maurizio Viroli, Simon Mayall, Jessica Frazier, Jeremy Jennings, Josef Joffe, Philip Bobbitt, Richard J Evans, Lucy Riall, Lars Trägårdh, Charles S Maier, Rob Johnson, Tim Marshall, Harvey Whitehouse, Christopher Coker, Janne Haaland Matláry, Carlos Escudé, Jonathan Fenby, Martina Winkelhofer, David Goodhart, Iain Martin, Freddy Gray
bookPast and Present
Maurizio Viroli, Cory J. Clark, Janne Haaland Matláry, Vernon Bogdanor, Michael Burleigh, Erica Benner, Nathan Shachar, Rob Johnson, Brendan Simms, Emma Sky, Elisabeth Kendall, Josef Joffe, Peter Ricketts, Karin Svanborg-Sjövall, Fraser Nelson, Gudrun Persson, Andrew Monaghan, Calder Walton, Christopher Coker, Iain Martin, Niall Ferguson, Jonathan Fenby, Rana Mitter, Yu Jie, John Bew, Philip Bobitt, Kori Schake
bookOm historien
Maurizio Viroli, Cory J. Clark, Janne Haaland Matláry, Vernon Bogdanor, Michael Burleigh, Erica Benner, Nathan Shachar, Rob Johnson, Brendan Simms, Emma Sky, Elisabeth Kendall, Josef Joffe, Peter Ricketts, Karin Svanborg-Sjövall, Fraser Nelson, Gudrun Persson, Andrew Monaghan, Calder Walton, Christopher Coker, Iain Martin, Niall Ferguson, Jonathan Fenby, Rana Mitter, Yu Jie, John Bew, Philip Bobbit, Kori Schake
audiobookbookPast and present
Brendan Simms, Peter Ricketts, Gudrun Persson, Fraser Nelson, Andrew Monaghan, Rana Mitter, Iain Martin, Elisabeth Kendall, Rob Johnson, Josef Joffe, Janne Haaland Matláry, Niall Ferguson, Jonathan Fenby, Christopher Coker, Cory J. Clark, Michael Burleigh, Vernon Bogdanor, Phillip Bobbitt, John Bew, Erica Benner
audiobookSociety in Crisis
Clive Aslet, Phillip Bobbitt, Peter Burke, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Fenby, Peter Frankopan, Jessica Frazier, Lawrence Freedman, Matthew Goodwin, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Johan Hakelius, Vanessa Harding, Tom Holland, Mark Honingsbaum, Alex Lee, Tim Marshall, Lincoln Paine, Iskander Rehman, Donald Sassoon, David Seedhouse, Graham Stewart, Hew Strachan, Helen Thompson, Richard Whatmore, Adrian Wooldridge
audiobookCrucible : Thirteen Months that Forged Our World
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bookThe History of Modern France : From the Revolution to the War on Terror
Jonathan Fenby
bookGeneralissimo : Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost
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bookThe Sinking of the Lancastria: Britain's Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchill's Cover-Up
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