Author: John ABBOTT
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ISBN: 9781091380707
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Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 - 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848. His father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans had taken the name "Philippe Égalité" because he initially supported the French Revolution. However, following the deposition and execution of his cousin King Louis XVI, Louis Philippe fled the country. His father denounced his actions and voted for his death, but was imprisoned and executed that same year. Louis Philippe spent the next 21 years in exile before returning during the Bourbon Restoration. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after his cousin Charles X was forced to abdicate by the July Revolution. The reign of Louis Philippe is known as the July Monarchy and was dominated by wealthy industrialists and bankers. He followed conservative policies, especially under the influence of French statesman François Guizot during the period 1840-48. He also promoted friendship with Britain and sponsored colonial expansion, notably the French conquest of Algeria. His popularity faded as economic conditions in France deteriorated in 1847, and he was forced to abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848. He lived out his life in exile in the United Kingdom. His supporters were known as Orléanists, as opposed to Legitimists who supported the main line of the House of Bourbon.
Author: John S. C. ABBOTT
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ISBN: 9781797630052
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Languages : en
Pages : 171
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Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American pastor and historian JOHN STEVENS CABOT ABBOTT (1805-1877) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. It will delight students of history as well as show the scholar how history telling has changed over the last few centuries. More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. This volume, dating from 1871, covers the last French king, Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), from the origin of the House of Orleans and the dethroning of Charles X to Louis Philippe's ascension and the ending of the monarchy.
Author: Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Author: Victor Hugo
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736819528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2977
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Les Misérables is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo (1802-1885) that is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. The title is variously translated from the French as The Miserable, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, focusing on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. The novel contains many plots, but the main thread is the story of ex-convict, Jean Valjean (known by his prison number, 24601), who becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past. The novel is divided into five volumes, each volume divided into books, and subdivided into chapters,for a total of three hundred sixty-five chapters.
Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Author: Alfred E. Douglas
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Author: David Wemyss Jobson
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: George Newenham Wright
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Author: Albert Dresden Vandam
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Alexander Charles Ewald
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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