Libros

When war broke out in August 1914 France had only two dreadnoughts in service, with a second pair running trials. The main body of the elite Arm e Navale was made up of the eleven battleships of the Patrie and Danton classes, both of which were intermediate designs with two main gun calibres. Older (...)

Providing intimate insight into life in a French château, this volume takes readers on an insider's tour of the Château du Lude, a private residence that features its original decorative interiors.Nestled in the idyllic Loire Valley, the Château du Lude is one of the most historic châteaus in (...)

Entre obras maestras populares y artistas poco conocidos, este libro despliega nueve siglos de historia de la pintura francesa. Contiene más de 450 obras que muestran frescos medievales, iluminaciones góticas, retratos renacentistas, pinturas clásicas o románticas, pero también obras de arte (...)

Con más de 450 obras, este volumen trata de las corrientes y agrupaciones más importantes de la pintura francesa desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta los primeros años del XX: naturalismo, realismo, impresionismo, postimpresionismo, simbolismo o Nabis. Este desarrollo se ilustra en las pinturas más (...)

In 1963, Eugen Sanger, became head of the Eurospace organization which promoted the 'AeroSpace Transporter'. In response to a Eurospace call, aircraft makers in France, Germany and UK designed recoverable, winged spacecraft. From 1964 to 1970 the French government led studies to evaluate the (...)

A captivating journey through off-the-beaten-path French wine country with 100 simple yet exquisite recipes, 150 sumptuous photographs, and stories inspired by life in a small village. Francophiles, this book is pure Gallic food porn. The Wall Street JournalReaders everywhere fell in love with (...)