That sweet enemy : the French and the English from the Sun King to the present / Robert and Isabelle Tombs
2006, First Edition. London : William Heinemann. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #407944
ISBN: 0434008672
Physical description; [xxvi], 780 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Britain joins Europe -- 2. Thinking, pleasing, seeing -- 3. The sceptre of the world -- 4. The revenger's tragedy -- 5. Ideas and bayonets -- 6. Changing the face of the world -- 7. Plucking the fruits of peace -- 8. The war that never was -- 9. Decadence and regeneration -- 10. The war to end wars -- 11. Losing the peace -- 12. Finest hours, darkest years -- 13. Losing empires, seeking roles -- 14. Ever closer disunion -- Picking up the threads. Subjects; Great Britain Relations France. France Relations Great Britain. Great Britain Civilization. France Civilization. Civilization British influences. Civilization French influences. International relations. Great Britain Relations France. France Relations Great Britain. Great Britain Civilization French influences.
Price: €25.00