The French in London: From William the Conqueror to Charles de Gaulle - Softcover

Janvrin, Isabelle; Rawlinson, Catherine

 
9781908524652: The French in London: From William the Conqueror to Charles de Gaulle
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908524650 ISBN 13: 9781908524652
Verlag: Bitter Lemon Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Ever since 1066 there has been a substantial French presence in London. It is now said to be the sixth most populous French city and this book illustrates, explains, and exposes how this came about over more than a 1000 years. Full of individual stories and overlooked details covering a common history, from William the Conqueror, via the Huguenots (e.g. David Garrick's family), and the emigres of the French Revolution ( such as the families of Joseph Bazelgette, Augustus Pugin and Isambard Brunel), and on to London, the capital of the Free French during WWII. It is also a guide book to those streets, museums, monuments, churches and art dedicated to the French of London. Voltaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Foch and dozens of others are all honoured by plaques or statues. Traces and stories of those escaping the French Revolution and the Commune are remembered. Talleyrand, Chateaubriand and Madame de Stael all lived in London during those turbulent years.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Isabelle Janvrin and Catherine Rawlinson were both born and brought up in France, both studied art and history, and both married Englishmen. After many years in London, they combined their interests in history and art history to research the presence of French people in this vast city.

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Verlag
Bitter Lemon Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1908524650
ISBN 13 
9781908524652
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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