Gino Raymond
Historical Dictionary of France.
Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008. Historical Dictionaries of Europe, No. 64. Second edition. 9780810850958 liii/471 pages.
Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is new.
"From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoléon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' "L'Etranger" and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these events in the second edition of the "Historical Dictionary of France."
Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on kings, politicians, authors, architects, composers, artists, and philosophers, a thorough history of France is presented."