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Spies, bed-hopping, treachery and executions – this story of espionage in wartime Bordeaux is told for the first time. Game of Spies uncovers a lethal spy triangle at work during the Second World War. The story centres on three men – on British, one French and one German – and the duels...

Two historical researchers, Corjan Mol and Christopher Morford, now reveal the astounding secret of what happened to the Menorah. Through their meticulous research as well as a jaw-dropping stroke of luck, Mol and Morford discovered that the Menorah was dug up from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in the time of the Crusades by the Knights Templar and smuggled to France with the help of the French King Louis IX. From there it was taken to Portugal, to end up in North America after interventions by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

The men and women who served as agents of the World War II Special Operations Executive were courageous. But courage was not enough. They also needed to learn the caution and suspicion that might just keep them alive, undercover in enemy territory. Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army tells the stories of the extraordinary men who taught them those skills and thought processes. Their job was to stand alongside trainee agents and teach them how to seem innocuous while preparing resistance, subversion, and sabotage.

Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was one of the most famous performers in the world. She made her name dancing on the Parisian stage, but when war broke out she decided not to return to America. Instead, Baker turned spy for the French Secret Services. In this engaging, deeply researched study, Hanna Diamond tells the full story of Baker’s actions for the French and Allied powers in World War Two.

Adéntrate en la intriga cortesana del Renacimiento y domina la estrategia política con la monarca más temida de Europa. Desde una infancia marcada por la vulnerabilidad extrema, esta princesa florentina superó la hostilidad para erigirse como el eje inquebrantable de una dinastía fracturada...

In this haunting memoir that reflects on the Holocaust and its legacy, award-winning author Sandell Morse discovers stories of bravery and resistance enacted during WWII in Southern France. In the course of six years at a writing residency in France, during which she met with survivors and historians, she painstakingly pieces together the puzzle that had been beguiling her over the years: What was the real story of the French Jews under the Vichy government during The Second World War?

Ce captif sans visage incarne le secret d'État le plus sombre de Louis XIV, une véritable énigme historique. Idéale pour transformer vos trajets quotidiens en une écoute haletante, cette enquête minutieuse sépare enfin les faits authentiques des rumeurs tenaces. Laissez-vous absorber par...

Embark on a journey through time with this remarkable 4-in-1 bundle, carefully curated to offer you an in-depth look at the history of France from ancient Gaul to the modern era. Immerse yourself in the tales of powerful kings and queens, the birth of a nation, and the incredible transformations that have made France the country it is today.

When Inspector Belin set out to catch the elusive Henri Landru for embezzlement and fraud, he wasn't prepared for the complex web of secrets that would unravel.

Als Inspektor Belin sich anschickte, den schwer fassbaren Henri Landru wegen Veruntreuung und Betrugs festzunehmen, war er nicht auf das komplexe Netz von Geheimnissen vorbereitet, das sich auftun sollte.

Unearth a suspenseful historical mystery of royal power and political intrigue that haunted seventeenth-century France. Perfect for a long commute or an evening of deep-focus listening, this atmospheric true story explores how an absolute monarch concealed a captive whose face was hidden even...

« Je dédie ce livre à toutes celles et ceux qui ont aimé EDF, qui n’acceptent plus le montant de leurs factures d’électricité et souhaitent une transition énergétique sans la punition que l’on veut leur faire subir. Comme dans la fable, l’Allemagne a souvent l’image de la fourmi industrieuse et la France, celle de la cigale insouciante. Force est de constater que dans le domaine de l’énergie, les polarités sont inversées.

De Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, premier président à s'établir à l'Élysée, à Emmanuel Macron, en passant par Félix Faure et Charles de Gaulle, entrez dans l'intimité des locataires de ce lieu historique et fascinant. Sophie Dubois-Collet vous livre l'histoire cachée du palais, des présidents, de leurs épouses ou encore des prestigieux invités qui se sont succédé au 55, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. D'abord hôtel particulier, puis résidence officielle du chef de l'État, le célèbre palais de l'Élysée a vu défiler plus d'une vingtaine de présidents français.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was an 18th-century French inventor, famed playwright, and upstart near-aristocrat in the court of King Louis XVI. In 1776, he conceived an audacious plan to send aid to the American rebels. What's more, he convinced the king to bankroll the project, and singlehandedly carried it out. By war's end, he had supplied Washington's army with most of its weapons and powder, though he was never paid or acknowledged by the United States. To some, he was a dashing hero - a towering intellect who saved the American Revolution. To others, he was pure rogue.

1715, Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, après plus de 60 années de pouvoir absolu meurt après le Dauphin, son fils, puis le nouveau Dauphin, son petit-fils. C’est donc l’un de ses arrières-petits-fils qui lui succédera. Mais il n’a que 5 ans et ne peut donc régner. Après une courte bataille pour le pouvoir, Philippe, duc d’Orléans, frère cadet du feu roi, devient Régent.