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The Mulsanne Notebook - German Prisoners of War in France...
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The Mulsanne Notebook - German Prisoners of War in France - 1945–1947

L20200203
€22.75
A German prisoner-of-war camp, somewhere in the Sarthe, on a bend of the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit. With the capitulation of Germany, 75 years ago, in May 1945, eleven million German soldiers found themselves prisoners. Among them, 700,000 were interned in France, sometimes under very harsh conditions. They would help to rebuild France. This is the...
MAJESTY - The Illustrated History of Queen Elizabeth II...
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MAJESTY - The Illustrated History of Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor

L20200202
€14.22 €28.44
Over her 65-year reign — the longest of any British monarch — Queen Elizabeth II became a symbol of stability in a rapidly changing world. She had 13 prime ministers, witnessed the dismantling of the British Empire, and saw sweeping political, technological and social upheaval. Her life also witnessed the changing fortunes of the Windsors, from the...
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The Story of Hitler, Germania and Co. - Paul Ordner The Story of Hitler, Germania and Co. - Paul Ordner 2
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The Story of Hitler, Germania and Co. - Paul Ordner

L20200201
€11.85 €23.70
Paul Ordner, a celebrated sports and political cartoonist of the mid-20th century, depicts in 26 drawn tableaux the rise, the misdeeds and the fall of the terrible couple Hitler and Germania. Annotated reissue of the collection published in 1945. The sketches are reproduced identically, presented and commented upon by Yves Buffetaut.
Memoirs of a Grenadier of the Grande Armée
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Memoirs of a Grenadier of the Grande Armée

L20200198
€18.96
The military life of Jean-François Cowez under the Empire (1809–1815) Through the previously unpublished account of Jean-François Cowez, we enter the grand sweep of History through a side door left ajar by a young soldier of the First Empire. He recounts numerous anecdotes which, throughout his manuscript, reflect a life containing more days of suffering...
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THE GLADIATORS – History & Arms
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THE GLADIATORS – History & Arms

L20200197
€23.70
A comprehensive study devoted to the gladiators of Roman antiquity, detailing the history of gladiature, recruitment and training, the various categories of combatants — such as the essedarius, the murmillo and the retiarius — armament and the conduct of bouts. Numerous photographs of frescoes and mosaics from across the Roman Empire complement the text.
GAS STATIONS
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GAS STATIONS

L20200196
€28.34
The oil companies waged a ruthless battle to establish themselves on France's roads. Esso, Shell, BP, Total are among the best known, but the dozens of others such as Azur, Gargoil, Antar, Caltex, Lucilline, etc. should not be forgotten. This is the world of gas stations and garages that this book brings to life. A world where colourful advertising...
MONOPOLY 14-18 - World War One MONOPOLY 14-18 - World War One 2
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MONOPOLY 14-18 - World War One

L20200194
€37.42
28 June 1914, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Europe was about to experience one of the greatest conflicts of the 20th century. The First World War began and would not end until 11 November 1918. With Monopoly 14-18, live at the rhythm of soldiers on the battlefields. Join the greatest officers, repair your tanks, send your carrier pigeons on...
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ST EX A Prince in His Citadel (coffee-table book) ST EX A Prince in His Citadel (coffee-table book) 2
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ST EX A Prince in His Citadel (art book)

L20220280
€28.34
St Ex was born in Lyon into an aristocratic milieu built on an architecture of classical values evoking the Marquise de Sévigné, lace, children's afternoon teas beneath the trees of a family garden as vast as a park… He died 44 years later, encapsulated at the controls of a stratospheric reconnaissance aircraft foreshadowing the age of astronautics....
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1940 - A Strange Defeat
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1940 - A Strange Defeat

L20200193
€8.53 €17.06
May–June 1940 Disaster, rout, shipwreck, collapse, catastrophe… The defeat of the French army in 1940 was experienced as a genuine shockwave. Its speed and brutality reinforced the ideological victory of the future Vichy government and plunged the country into the darkest hours of its history. Yet nothing seems able to shake the distorted view that...
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A Combat Engineer with Patton's Army
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A Combat Engineer with Patton's Army

L20200192
€33.18
The Fight Across Europe with the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II The untold story of Frank Lembo, one of Patton's men offering the rare perspective of what day-to-day warfare at the ground-level looked like in the European Theater through the eyes of one of the men spearheading the advance.
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FÉRAL: THIS FORCE THAT EXISTS WITHIN US FÉRAL: THIS FORCE THAT EXISTS WITHIN US 2
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FÉRAL: THIS FORCE THAT EXISTS WITHIN US

L20200155
€11.80 €23.60
Knowing how to prepare physically and mentally for the trials of an elite unit and the trials of life. By the authors of the bestseller "GIGN - Confession d'un Ops"
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