Author: François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand
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Languages : en
Pages : 151

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Author: François-René De Chateaubriand
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483150720
Category : History
Languages : fr
Pages : 176

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Excerpt from Memoires d'Outre-Tombe (1814-1815) To make the student acquainted with a language at once in its literary and in its current forms, he should first be provided with selections from the best foreign literature of the nineteenth century. The literature of the last century has been preferred because the thoughts and ideas it deals with, as well as the language, are more in accordance with the thoughts and ideas of our own time, and with the manner of expressing them nor have such ample selections from this literature been put before English pupils as from the literature of previous centufies. These selections should be read and translated carefully and thomughly into gram matical and literary English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand
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Category : France
Languages : fr
Pages : 212

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Author: François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand
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Category : Authors, French
Languages : fr
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Author: F.A.R. Chateaubriand
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Languages : en
Pages : 634

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Author: Gregor Dallas
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448103290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716

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The seventeen months from April 1814 to August 1815 were an extraordinary period in European history; a period which saw two sieges of Paris, a complete revision of Europe's political frontiers, an international Congress set up in Vienna, civil war in Italy and international war in Belgium.Gregor Dallas tells the story of these days through the perspectives of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris and baroque Vienna. The writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke and bring to life the Europe of Tolstoy: the ebb and flow of power, of armies and of peoples across Europe's northern plains. Working essentially from primary sources, Dallas is as interested in the weather conditions before battle as in the way cartoonists reacted to court intrigues and fashions.It is also Europe seen through the eyes of its central players: Talleyrand, who has served nearly every French regime since the Revolution of 1789; Metternich, who devises new plans for a 'Germany' that does not yet exist and for a 'Europe' that remains devided; Wellington, who reveals himself a diplomat as well as a soldier; Tsar Alexander, an idealist seeking to impose a uniform plan for all Europe; and 'Boney' himself, who has his own ideal of Europe and, though banished to Elba, does not abandon his dream to realise it.

Author: Brian Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521522304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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The history of a counter-revolutionary movement in southern France.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 892

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Languages : fr
Pages : 480

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Author: Betje Black Klier
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807125304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Pavie in the Borderlands describes the cultural forces that shaped the trans-Mississippi West between 1765 and 1838 by focusing on the extraordinary Pavie family. From their settlement on the Louisiana frontier, three generations of Pavies witnessed the creation of the U.S. and its territorial expansion through the Louisiana Purchase. Betje Black Klier relates the experiences of the Pavies through the adventures of their kinsman Thèodore, an enterprising eighteen-year-old who left provincial France to visit Louisiana and Texas in 1829 and 1830. Thèodore kept a journal and published his exploits in a volume entitled Souvenirs atlantiques. In the first of its two parts, Pavie in the Borderlands provides the story of the family's early experiences in North America; a biographical study of Thèodore; translations of some of his colorful letters from the borderlands; and an analysis of how his travels transformed him. The second part of the volume presents the first English translation of a substantial portion of Thèodore's journal, including reproductions of his sketches of Louisiana and Texas environs. Klier unveils the young scholar and artist as the most significant nineteenth-century travel writer to journey west of the Mississippi. By intertwining Louisiana and Texas history with French history, Pavie in the Borderlands provides important new insights on the region's environmental, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history.