New France

Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain—soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of...

“Bride of New France is the best piece of historical fiction I’ve read in a long time.” –Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, New Brunswick) Laure Beauséjour has grown up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes, the insane, and other forgotten women. Despite numerous hardships...

In 1632, an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban Grandier - accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge - was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft. A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, The Devils of Loudun is considered by many to be Brave New World author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.

It's not good to live in the past; even worse to die in it Paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas awakens from a vivid dream in his French Quarter apartment. He finds an antique double-moonstone pendant placed in his hand by the ghost of a voodoo mambo. One of the two moonstones is missing, and both gemstones are needed to make the pendant magical. The rightful owner of the pendant is a supernatural fairy named Maurelle. Someone chopped off Maurelle’s wings and buried her alive in the ruins of a French Quarter Creole townhouse. A mystical beast still haunts the grounds of the estate. Now, ...

The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society - even if, after more than 200 years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society.

In her illuminating debut novel, Aimie K. Runyan masterfully blends fact and fiction to explore the founding of New France through the experiences of three young women, Rose, Nicole, and Elisabeth, who, in 1667, answer Louis XIV's call and journey to the Canadian colony. Known as the filles du roi, their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. Despite their different backgrounds, all three women believe that marriage to a stranger is their best, perhaps only, chance of happiness.

The French and Indian War was the world's first truly global conflict. When the French lost to the British in 1763, they lost their North American empire along with most of their colonies in the Caribbean, India, and West Africa. In The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France, the only comprehensive account from the French perspective, William R. Nester explains how and why the French were defeated.

Blood & Soil: The Fall of Poland and the Battle of France is the second installment in The Protocols series, a chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism in the modern era—from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to the cataclysmic end of the Second World War. This volume focuses on the first nine months of the global conflict, from the Nazi-Soviet invasion and partition of Poland to the final, desperate moments of the Battle of France. Like all the books in the series, Blood & Soil is not merely a history of events, but a record of lives entangled in them. It is composed of carefully ...

This audiobook details the rise and fall of New France, describing the role of the Seven Years’ War, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Louisiana Purchase. Though French colonization ended more than 200 years ago, it left behind a distinct French flair and unique Creole culture that lives on in Louisiana today.

The French and Indian War: 1660-1763 covers much more than the few years during which the English and French fought over the division of the North American continent in one of the most neglected periods of American history. In this volume in the Drama of American History series, authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier trace how England’s other rivals for control of America were eliminated over this period until the only source of conflict left would be between the British and their own colonists.

France and England have always been rivals. As it has always been in Europe, so it is in America. From Quebec to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Delta, New France offers a constant challenge to the British colonies. French troops garrison Quebec and Montreal. French forts dot the interior. French Louisiana – in theory, at least – extends from the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains. Welcome to New France In this book you will find a complete description of New France, with information on its political structure, society, and major settlements. There are notes on making French ...

Jackpot Winner Dead on Cruise Ship The Grand Voyager is in Europe and Meg Butler and friends are making the most of it. Meg is looking forward to visiting Monte Carlo and trying her luck at the casino. She learns of a secret pact made by a group of passengers who pool their money and agree to split the winnings. None of them win but back on the ship, the rumor mill is in full swing. Apparently, someone has won the jackpot and speculation is high around which passenger won and how much. The frenzy around the jackpot reaches a crescendo when a passenger is found dead in his cabin. Meg has no ...

“An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under...

There is no other American city like Detroit. It is the only city created for the specific purpose of forming a multi-cultural destination with the intent of making French citizens out of Native Americans. It was designed to be a trading post-fort community where Indians would be assimilated into French culture. Other cities share its French heritage but they sprung up from the trading post forts established by the French explorers and military and lacked the specific intent of acculturating the Indians where they were. Cadillac invited many tribes to come together to live in peace and ...

The Prairies Book Review says "A delightful travel memoir of Self Discovery and Empowerment." "Absolutely wonderful book. A fun read-hard to put down. A very inspirational book for any woman(particularly older) who wants to adventure out to new experiences and self discovery. Highly recommended as a well written, interesting, inspirational and fun account of new beginnings." - Janice G. "There is a plethora of books by Brits and Americans living in France. I have read many of them. I have lived in Paris. This is the most well written book of that genre that I have read. Travel Writing at ...

Celebrated for her innovative literary bravura, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) settled into a bustling Paris at the turn of the 20th century, never again to return to her native America. While in Paris, she not only surrounded herself with - and tirelessly championed the careers of - a remarkable group of young expatriate artists but also solidified herself as "one of the most controversial figures of American letters" (New York Times).

This is the fascinating story of the French regime in Canada. Few periods in the history of North America can equal it for romance and color, drama and suspense, great human courage and far-seeing aspiration. Costain, who writes history in the terms of the people who lived it, wrote of this book...

The Maginot Line was a marvel of 1930s engineering. The huge forts, up to eighty meters underground, contained hospitals, modern kitchens, telephone exchanges, and even electric trains. Kilometers of underground galleries led to casements hidden in the terrain, and turrets that rose from the ground to fire upon the enemy. The fortifications were invulnerable to the heaviest artillery and to chemical warfare. Despite this extensive preparation, France fell to Germany in a little under six weeks.

Ce n'est pas d'hier que Gilles Proulx sonne l'alarme : les Québécois sont de plus en plus ignorants de leur histoire, oublieux de leurs ancêtres et inconscients du travail colossal que ceux-ci ont accompli pour poser les fondations du Québec d'aujourd'hui.

#1 New York Times Bestseller #1 USA Today Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, this summer’s hottest thriller. Now you see her. Now you don’t. THE NEW GIRL. A new thriller of deception, betrayal, and vengeance. She was...