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Jackson, Jennifer.
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782.1092 22
Publication Date
2011
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Conner, Clifford D., 1941-
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944.04092 23
Publication Date
2012
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"Jean-Paul Marat's role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians. Often he has been portrayed as a violent, sociopathic demagogue. This biography challenges that interpretation and argues that without Marat's contributions as an agitator, tactician, and strategist, the pivotal social transformation that the Revolution accomplished might well not have occurred. Clifford D. Conner argues that what was unique about Marat - which set him apart from all other major figures of the Revolution, including Danton and Robespierre - was his total identification with the struggle of the propertyless classes for social equality. This is an essential book for anyone interested in the history of the revolutionary period and the personalities that led it."--Publisher's website.
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Pernoud, Régine, 1909-1998.
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944.0260924 22
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1982 1964
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Using historical documents and translated by Régine Pernoud, Joan of Arc seeks to answer the questions asked by Joan's contemporaries as well as us: Who was she? Whence came she? What had been her life and exploits?
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1.5696
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McPhee, Peter, 1948-
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944.04092 23
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2012
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1.5459
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Aminoff, Michael J. (Michael Jeffrey)
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610.92 22
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2011
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1.5051
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Buller, Michael
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ARC 641.22230944 BUL
Publication Date
1993
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"The annual arrival of the "Beaujolais Nouveau" is one of the most exciting events in the wine-lover's calendar. Every year, thousands eagerly anticipate the promise of the new vintage - a wine that is reminiscent of the warmth and charm of the place where it is grown."--BOOK JACKET. "Michael Buller takes us on an intimate tour of the unique Beaujolais legion of France, where we visit the small family-owned vineyards, the grand wine chateaux, and the cafe's and restaurants. Pierre Cottin's vivid photography captures the energy of the harvest, the exuberance of the harvest festivals, and the "pride of place" that is as much a part of the Beaujolais region as the wine itself. We meet the people of Beaujolais, too, who are as vigorous and expressive as the wine they produce: Papa Louis Brechard, age 86, who organized the first winegrowers' cooperative; Comte Henri de Rambuteau, owner of Chateau Des Granges; Georges Duboeuf, famous negotiant; and the celebrated chefs of Lyon, including Paul Bocuse and La Mere Brazier."--BOOK JACKET. "Complete with recipes for regional culinary specialties, a list of wine cellars open to the public for tasting, Beaujolais vocabulary and more, In Beaujolais is a testimonial to a way of life that is steeped in its own traditions of winemaking and the wine trade yet continues to give thanks and respect to the bounty that nature has so generously provided."--BOOK JACKET.
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1.4733
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Cole, John R. (John Richard), 1941-
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305.42092 23
Publication Date
2011
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"Students of the French Revolution and of women's right are generally familiar with Olympe de Gouges's bold adaptation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, her Rights of Woman has usually been extracted from its literary context and studied without proper attention to the political consequences of 1791. In Between the Queen and the Cabby, John Cole provides the first full translation of de Gouges's Rights of Woman and the first systematic commentary on its declaration, its attempt to envision a non-marital partnership agreement, and its support for persons of colour. Cole compares and contrasts de Gouges's two texts, explaining how the original text was both her model and her foil. By adding a proposed marriage contract to her pamphlet, she sought to turn the ideas of the French Revolution into a concrete way of life for women. Further examination of her work as a playwright suggests that she supported equality not only for women but for slaves as well. Cole highlights the historical context of de Gouges's writing, going beyond the inherent sexism and misogyny of the time in exploring why her work did not receive the reaction or achieve the influential status she had hoped for. Read in isolation in the gender-conscious twenty-first century, de Gouges's Rights of Woman may seem ordinary. However, none of her contemporaries, neither the Marquis de Condorcet nor Mary Wollstonecraft, published more widely on current affairs, so boldly attempted to extend democratic principles to women, or so clearly related the public and private spheres. Read in light of her eventual condemnation by the Revolutionary Tribunal, her words become tragically foresighted: "Woman has the right to mount the Scaffold; she must also have that of mounting the Rostrum."--Publisher's website.
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1.4092
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Potter, David, 1948-
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942.052 22
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2011
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1.3032
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Lambert, Raymond-Raoul, 1894-1943.
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940.5318092 22
Publication Date
2007
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Raymond-Raoul Lambert's Diary has been among the most important untranslated records of the experience of French Jews in the Holocaust. Lambert, a leader of the Union of French Jews (UGIF), was, in the words of the historian Michael Marrus, ""arguably the most important Jewish official in contact with the Vichy government and the Germans."" Lambert's Diary survived the war and was published in France in 1985. It reveals Lambert's efforts to save the Jews in France, particularly the children.
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1.1851
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Shay, Michael E., 1945-
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940.41273 22
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2008
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0.6646
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Fisher, Todd.
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944.05092 21
Publication Date
2013
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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Rubinstein, Leon, 1923-
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940.5318142092
Publication Date
2007
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As a ten-year-old child, Leon Rubinstein fled Germany with his parents in 1933 to Luxembourg and then Belgium, which they fled again on the morning of the Nazi invasion. They dwelt quietly as refugees in the south of France until the Vichy government began its roundup of foreign Jews for deportation. After his father's arrest, Leon endeavors to save himself and his mother with a daring journey to the border towns of southeastern France. Among their encounters, they hitch a ride with German SS officers, while disguising their identities. Their arduous journey leads them to Switzerland, where the memoir provides a rare look at the lives of Jewish refugees in the Swiss work camps. <br /><br />Throughout this deeply felt story is Rubinstein's awareness of his transformation from adolescence to young manhood amid the catastrophic losses and dislocations of the war years in Europe. His personal story resonates with anyone who remembers discovering love, as well as the necessity of choices and sacrifices.
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