A brilliant hour-by-hour recreation of what happened on 27 July 1794, from the midnight when Robespierre was in full control to the midnight when he was on the run.
The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978019871595501/08/2021
Categories: 02. Books for Christmas 2021: History, Books for Christmas 2021, History
Tags: France, Paris
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Lartigue was given his first camera when he was eight. This is a carefully edited collection of pictures from his archive.
Lartigue: The Boy and the Belle Epoque
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The Camondos, Rothschilds, Ephrussis and others amassed superb collections which in many cases they left to the state that betrayed them.
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Following the catastrophe in which Henry's heir was drowned, England sank into a terrible civil war in which English, Normans, Scots and Welsh competed in the ancient game of thrones.
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As a war photographer and his driver travel through Germany in late 1945, it becomes apparent that they have different reasons for wanting to be there.
The Invisible Land
Hardback £12.99