A Breton Landscape: From the Romans to the Second Empire in Eastern Brittany |
 Grenville Astill, Wendy Davies
ISBN: 1857284526
This is a case study of changing land-use patterns in Brittany over nearly 2000 years. |
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A Concise History of France (Cambridge Concise Histories) |
 Roger Price
ISBN: 052160656X
This book provides a clear and well-informed guide to French history from the early Middle Ages to the present - from Charlemagne to Chirac. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available. Among the book's central...(read more) |
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A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany |
 Aubrey Burl
ISBN: 0300114060
From Stonehenge to Callanish, from Newgrange to Er-Lannic, great prehistoric stone circles have drawn thousands of admiring visitors to their sites every year. This practical guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland...(read more) |
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Americans in Brittany, 1944: The Battle for Brest |
 Jonathan Gawne
ISBN: 2913903215
An in-depth illustrated history of the Campaign to liberate Brittany in World War two. For a few brief days in August 1944 the world turned its attention to this French province, the fighting in Brittany pitted some of the best American tank units...(read more) |
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Anglicans in Brittany |
 Alan Charters
ISBN: 1843940442
Paperback 166 pages (April 5, 2003). |
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Between France and England: Politics, Power and Society in Late Medieval Brittany |
Michael Jones
ISBN: 0860789063
This work characterizes the role played by most rulers of the duchy of Brittany during the late Middle Ages, before it was finally united with Valois France. These essays (including three appearing for the first time in English) explore political and...(read more) |
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Brittany 1750-1950: The Invisible Nation |
Sharif Gemie
ISBN: 0708320023
Brittany presents a paradox: the region was incorporated into France in 1532, and has never known a substantial nationalist movement. Yet, in recent years, signs of a sense of separation from France are growing clearer. This paradox raises some...(read more) |
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution |
 Simon Schama
ISBN: 0141017279
The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution, and one of the great landmarks of modern history publishing. "Monumental...provocative and stylish, Simon Schama's account of the first few years of the great...(read more) |
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Classes, Estates and Order in Early-modern Brittany |
 James B. Collins
ISBN: 0521533147
This book uses the Breton experience to address two fundamental historiographical issues: the meaning of absolutism and the nature of early-modern French society. It abandons the old framework that opposed orders to classes, and instead seeks to find...(read more) |
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Discovering the History of Brittany |
 Wendy Mewes
ISBN: 0953600157
Presents a concise, illustrated guide to the history of Brittany for the general reader. This book explains the subject through the presentation of people and places that coloured the history of this region, since Neolithic times. |
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Earthly Powers: The Conflict Between Religion and Politics from the French Revolution to the Great War |
 Michael Burleigh
ISBN: 0007195737
This is a major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present day's War on Terror. In this dazzling and hugely relevant book, Michael Burleigh explores the way...(read more) |
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France in Modern Times |
 Gordon Wright
ISBN: 0393967050
This text charts the political history of France from the 18th century to the present, interspersing narrative with chapters on society, the economy, culture and historiography. This edition reflects recent research on the French Revolution, taking into...(read more) |
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From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany |
 Aubrey Burl
ISBN: 0300055757
This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and...(read more) |
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Legends and Romances of Brittany |
 Lewis Spence
ISBN: 0486296601
Noted folklorist’s rich compilation of stories of fairies, sprites and demons, tales of the black arts, Arthurian romances, Breton lays of Marie de France, stories of the saints of Brittany and more. Also, background on the land, people,...(read more) |
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Secret Flotillas: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany, 1940-1944 (Government Official Histories) |
 M.R.D. Foot (Foreword), Brooks Richards
ISBN: 0714653160
As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These "secret flotillas" landed and picked up...(read more) |
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The British Settlement of Brittany: The First Bretons in Armorica |
 Pierre-Roland Giot, Philippe Guigon, Bernard Merdrignac
ISBN: 0752425242
Paperback 256 pages (February...(read more) |
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The Next Moon: The Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the Lines in Wartime France |
 M.R.D. Foot (Foreword), Ewen Southby-Tailyour, Andre Hue
ISBN: 0141015802
'A gripping story: There cannot be many clearer or more detailed accounts of the operations of the French resistance, and Hue's death-defying adventures make for riveting reading' New Statesman Andre Hue was something of a daredevil. By the age of...(read more) |
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Twentieth-Century France |
 James F. McMillan
ISBN: 0340522399
This is a wide-ranging survey of 20th-century French history. Originally published under the title "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this book has been revised and extended to bring the account up to the present day. Additional material has been added which looks...(read more) |
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