MODERN TIMES

VERSAILLES - From Its Origins to the Present Day
In stock
Bookshop

VERSAILLES - From Its Origins to the Present Day

L20250184
€42.65
Versailles, estate, history, city and territory: The essential reference! This new project on Versailles aims to take up the torch from Pierre Verlet's monograph, Le Château de Versailles, published by Fayard in 1961 and reissued in a new edition in 1985. This model of scholarship has established itself as the definitive reference on the Ancien Régime...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine
In stock
Bookshop

A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine

L20260016
€18.86
5,000 years of the art of war in 200 pages Since the dawn of humanity, war has determined the life and death of individuals and peoples. From the 3rd millennium BC, with the refinement of weapons and tactics, the phenomenon of warfare gathered momentum across the steppes of Central Asia, in Mesopotamia and in ancient China. Subsequently, ancient Greece,...
THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500...
In stock
Bookshop

THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500 Years of Naval Warfare

L20250158
€37.87
The names of Actium, Lepanto, Trafalgar and Jutland resonate as so many confrontations that have entered History with a capital H. The warship became a weapon in its own right, ceaselessly evolving and transforming. Yet, however devastating these countless battles may have been, they also contributed to the greatness of humanity. For if conflicts...
Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day
In stock
Bookshop

Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day

L20250148
€20.85
" The greatest of evils is civil war " (Pascal) Following on from their previous successful collective work Le dernier carré, Jean-Christophe Buisson and Jean Sévillia have brought together renowned historians and journalists to recount the most significant civil wars that have disfigured the history of humanity, from the Wars of Religion that tore Europe...
Sail & Cannon - The World of Sailing Warships - 1745-1815
In stock
Bookshop

Sail & Cannon - The World of Sailing Warships - 1745-1815

L20250093
€33.18
revised and expanded edition The ambition of this richly illustrated work is to guide the reader through an in-depth exploration of the fascinating world of the sailing warship, which reached its peak between 1745 and 1815, from the War of Independence to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, by way of the French Revolution. This book paints a vivid, precise...
Carabiniers du Roi 1693-1791 - Carnet de la Compagnie...
Out of stock
Bookshop

Carabiniers du Roi 1693-1791 - Carnet de la Compagnie d'Elite

L20250052
€18.96
Here is a regiment that stands truly apart by virtue of its recruitment method, its organisation, its strength and its employment. Thus, - This regiment did not recruit directly, but was "fed" and replenished with recruits by the other cavalry regiments, following a system analogous to that in force for the Compagnie des Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde; -...
View
STORMING THE WALLS - Cities at the heart of battle, from...
Out of stock
Bookshop

STORMING THE WALLS - Cities at the heart of battle, from the heights of Syracuse to the...

L20250025
€25.50
Through humanity, the city and war have been intimately linked for several millennia. As a place of life and exchange, the city is, by its very nature, a geographical space where a population gathers, along with resources, wealth and power. It is therefore no surprise that every civilisation, including the most primitive, has sought to make the city a...
View
Malplaquet 1709
Out of stock
Bookshop

Malplaquet 1709

L202402010
€23.70
In that year of 1709, the kingdom of France stood on the edge of the abyss. Engaged in the most brutal conflict of the entire reign — the War of the Spanish Succession — the country had already suffered defeat after defeat. In January, the Great Winter had added climatic catastrophe to military disaster. In May, the European states united against the...
View
Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World 2
In stock
Bookshop

Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World

L20240195
€25.50
A tactical success achieved in a few hours of violent cannonade, the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay is above all a strategic victory: the glorious day when the Royale changed the history of the world. This engagement is a reminder of the decisive role of naval combat in high-intensity warfare. At the head of a fleet transformed in response to the defeat of...
RECONSTITUTIONS - Immersion in Living History
Out of stock
Bookshop

RECONSTITUTIONS - Immersion in Living History

L20240177
€36.97
From the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic to the soldiers of the Second World War, by way of the great age of chivalry and the battles of the First Empire, reenactors seek to represent the lives of our ancestors as closely as possible to reality. Analysed by historian Martin Bostal, a specialist in recreations of the past, Barry's photographs offer an...
View
DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins...
Out of stock
Bookshop

DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins to the Present Day

L20240093
€21.80
As General de Gaulle expressed it in a celebrated and striking phrase: "France was forged by the sword." To study the history of France — and in many respects the history of Europe and the world — one must above all take into account the military history of our country. To avoid misreadings, anachronisms and other hazardous interpretations, here is — from...
View
RIVER CROSSING 1672–1815 RIVER CROSSING 1672–1815 2
In stock
Bookshop

RIVER CROSSING 1672–1815

L20240089
€25.59
A tactical, human and technical history of river crossings carried out by French armies in the presence of the enemy, 1672–1815 The objective of a river crossing is to transfer sufficient firepower and manoeuvre mass to the far bank to sustain the offensive beyond it. Contrary to the view held by many authors, crossing a waterway under enemy threat is...
Showing 1-12 of 48 item(s)

1517-1789

Purchase a gift voucher

Gift Vouchers