France on Trial
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history. Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than the photograph of Marshal Philippe Pétain - the great French hero of the First World War - shaking the hand of Hitler on 20 October 1940. In a radio speech...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A Certain Idea of France
Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography - Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
De Gaulle
A deep look into Charles de Gaulle's personality and upbringing and how these factors influenced the creation of the Fifth Republic in France. Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic, was a man and leader of deep contradictions. A conservative and a Catholic from a monarchist family, he restored democracy on his...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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