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The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon: The History and Legacy of France's Administration of the Levant after World War I
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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The United Nations is one of the most famous bodies in the world, and its predecessor, the League of Nations, might be equally notorious. In fact, President Woodrow Wilson’s pet project was controversial from nearly the minute it was conceived. At the end of World War I, Wilson's pleas at the Paris Peace Conference relied on his Fourteen Points, which included the establishment of a League of Nations, but while his points were mostly popular amongst Americans and Europeans alike, leaders at the Peace Conference largely discarded them and favored different approaches.
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The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon: The History and Legacy of France's Administration of the Levant after World War I
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 2019-08-14
- Language: English
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The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City's Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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In the late 18th century, as political unrest stirred in the heart of Paris, local residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the city’s urban cemeteries faced a pressing crisis: The putrefying stink of rotting corpses, many of which were likely friends and family members, crept into every house and business due to overflowing burial grounds. The city’s population had long since outgrown its centuries-old cemeteries, and mass graves packed tightly with corpses lay open for months at a time, sometimes upwards of a year, as they waited for more bodies to join.
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The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City's Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-20
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Escape from the Middle East
- The History of the French General’s Flight from the Levant and Egypt
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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In 1798, an initial review of France’s naval forces had led Napoleon to conclude his navy could not hope to outfight the power of the Royal Navy, which had been the dominant naval power for centuries, so he was forced to look elsewhere. After months of planning, Napoleon crafted a scheme to attack and conquer Egypt, denying the British easy access to their colonies in India, with the ultimate goal of linking up with the Sultan Tipoo in India itself and defeating the British in the field there. Napoleon sailed with Admiral Brueys and 30,000 troops that June, heading for Egypt.
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Napoleon’s Escape from the Middle East
- The History of the French General’s Flight from the Levant and Egypt
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-03
- Language: English
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Vichy France
- The History of Nazi Germany's Occupation of France During World War II
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: William Crockett
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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Emerging from France's catastrophic 1940 defeat like a bedraggled and rather sinister phoenix, the French State – better known to history as Vichy France or the Vichy Regime after its spa-town capital, stands in history as a unique and bizarre creation of German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler's European conquests. A patchwork of paradoxes and contradictions, the Vichy Regime maintained a quasi-independent French nation for some time after the Third Reich invasion.
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Vichy France
- The History of Nazi Germany's Occupation of France During World War II
- Narrated by: William Crockett
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-16
- Language: English
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French Indochina
- The History and Legacy of the French Empire’s Colonialism in Southeast Asia
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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French Indochina: The History and Legacy of the French Empire’s Colonialism in Southeast Asia analyzes the colonization of Southeast Asia and what happened as a result of the decolonization. You will learn about the French in Southeast Asia like never before.
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French Indochina
- The History and Legacy of the French Empire’s Colonialism in Southeast Asia
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-20
- Language: English
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Napoleon's Grande Armée
- The History and Legacy of the French Army During the Napoleonic Wars
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Nearly 50 years after Napoleon met his Waterloo, generals across the West continued to study his tactics and engage their armies the same way armies fought during the Napoleonic Era. Despite advances in military technology and the advent of railroads for transportation, all of which made defensive warfare more effective, acclaimed military geniuses like Robert E. Lee used flank attacks and infantry charges against superior numbers in an effort to win decisive victories.
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Napoleon's Grande Armée
- The History and Legacy of the French Army During the Napoleonic Wars
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2019-12-05
- Language: English
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Jean Antoinette Poussin, the woman who would become known as Madame de Pompadour, was a middle-class girl of uncertain parenthood who became one of many in a long line of King Louis XV’s mistresses before she died at the age of 42. While none of that stands out on its own when it comes to French history and royalty, historians have labeled her “no ordinary king’s mistress.... She made and unmade ministers, she selected ambassadors, she appointed generals, [and] she conferred pensions and places."
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-26
- Language: English
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Versailles
- The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Royal Palace
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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In every nation, in every era of history, there are inevitably one or two places that become the symbol of the times. Mention Valley Forge to an American and it will immediately conjure up visions of a hard won fight for freedom. Likewise, the word Dunkirk said to a Briton will elicit a sense of both pride and horror at the lives lost and saved at that desperate point in World War II. For the French, and those who study their history, Versailles is a symbol of, as Charles Dickens once put it, "the best of times...the worst of times."
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Versailles
- The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Royal Palace
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-27
- Language: English
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Lourdes: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Christian Pilgrimage Site
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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They say that judgment does not exist in Lourdes. Once one sets foot on this hallowed soil, all barriers of race, social status, background, and religious differences cease to exist. One is no more than a humble soul in search of a renewal of one's connection to God. With promises of inner peace and spiritual awakenings, it comes as no surprise that this once unassuming town has now become the second most popular tourist destination in France, but how exactly did they achieve such a designation?
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Lourdes: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Christian Pilgrimage Site
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-11
- Language: English
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The Seven Years’ War
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Global Conflict Between the French and British
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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Some historians have called the Seven Years’ War the first true world war, and they make a good point. Ultimately, this globally coordinated war involved five continents and at least 29 states and tribal confederacies, with a casualty toll in the millions and the maps forever altered. As part of the Seven Years’ War, the French and Indian War was the last in a long series of colonial conflicts between the French and British and also changed the map in America. At the end of the war, disputed borders were finally settled, and both empires were left reeling from the costs of war.
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The Seven Years’ War
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Global Conflict Between the French and British
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-14
- Language: English
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French Senegal
- The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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French Senegal: The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence examines how France established the colony, and how that colony affected events in the 20th century before Senegal became a modern nation.
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French Senegal
- The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-01
- Language: English
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The Norman Invasion of England
- The History and Legacy of William the Conqueror’s Successful Campaign in 1066
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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"We, conquered by William, have liberated the Conqueror’s land." So reads the memorial to the British war dead at Bayeaux, Normandy. Commemorating those who gave their lives to free France in 1944, it also serves to remind us of an earlier conflict. For the English, the Norman conquest remains deeply embedded in the national psyche. As the last contested military invasion to have succeeded in conquering this proud island nation, the date of 1066 is the one every citizen can remember.
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The Norman Invasion of England
- The History and Legacy of William the Conqueror’s Successful Campaign in 1066
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-21
- Language: English
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Talleyrand
- The Life and Legacy of France’s Most Influential Diplomat
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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The Congress of Vienna, which took place over several months during 1814 and 1815, was an attempt to resolve the numerous challenges presented by Napoleon’s expansion and his subsequent defeat. The talks have been seen as a critical moment in European history, and depending on the point-of-view, the results were either a diplomatic breakthrough or the last gasps of the continent’s conservative elites. It was also a crucial step toward German unification, although this was not clear at the time.
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Talleyrand
- The Life and Legacy of France’s Most Influential Diplomat
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2022-12-20
- Language: English
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The Huguenots
- The History and Legacy of the French Protestants and Their Religious Conflicts with the Catholics
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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In the 16th century, corruption, debauchery, and the general perversion of ethics were running rampant within the Roman Catholic Church. The public began to grow leery of the crooked church, and soon, they could no longer bite their tongues. Among the church's most vocal opponents was Martin Luther, whose publication of the 95 Theses gave rise to the Protestant movement. This reformed brand of Christianity gradually spread throughout Europe, planting flags across the continent.
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The Huguenots
- The History and Legacy of the French Protestants and Their Religious Conflicts with the Catholics
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 2017-03-09
- Language: English
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The Jacobites
- The History and Legacy of the Movement to Restore the Stuart Dynasty to the British Throne
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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The Jacobites conjure up many images to 21st-century Britons, but Jacobitism was a cause that had far-reaching consequences across 18th century Europe. The Jacobites were not only supporters of the exiled Stuart monarchy, but also against the political and religious settlements agreed to across the British Isles. The specter of the Jacobite threat was present for the British government and monarchy throughout the 18th century. It’s no surprise the Jacobites continue to interest so many people, as do the plot twists, near misses, and “what-ifs” involved.
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The Jacobites
- The History and Legacy of the Movement to Restore the Stuart Dynasty to the British Throne
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-03
- Language: English
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The Hundred Years War
- The History of Europe's Most Famous War of the Middle Ages
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Although it ended over 550 years ago, the Hundred Years' War still looms large in the historical consciousness of England and France, even if the name of the famous war is a misnomer. Actually a series of separate conflicts between the English and French monarchies, interspersed with periods of peace, its historical image is an odd one, in part because its origins were based on royal claims that dated back centuries.
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The Hundred Years War
- The History of Europe's Most Famous War of the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-20
- Language: English
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The Dutch Revolt
- The History of the Dutch Republic’s War of Independence Against Spain
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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During the 17th century, the Netherlands, despite having only 1.5 million people in 1600, became a global maritime and trading power. By contrast, France at the time had 20 million people, Spain had eight million, and England had five million. Nevertheless, Amsterdam became one of the most important urban centers in the world and the location of the world’s first stock market, and Dutch merchant ships and pirates plied the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
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The Dutch Revolt
- The History of the Dutch Republic’s War of Independence Against Spain
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-06
- Language: English
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The Franco-Prussian War: The History of the War that Established the German Empire
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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After Prussia was victorious in the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck played a waiting game where the unification of Germany was concerned, as the joining of the southern states - initially resistant to Prussian rule, friendly with Austria, and bent on independence - would have to be overcome. What was needed was “a clear case of French aggression” toward either Prussia or the southern states. Not only would such a move by Emperor Napoleon III trigger the terms of the treaty between the German states, but it would keep the remaining world powers out of the conflict.
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The Franco-Prussian War: The History of the War that Established the German Empire
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-06
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Escape from Elba
- The History of the French Emperor’s Return from Exile and the Road to Waterloo
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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Though Napoleon’s unquenchable thirst for military adventurism eventually cost him both his throne and his freedom during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the French emperor was not easily defeated even when most of Europe's nations united against him. In 1812, Napoleon's Russian adventure gutted his veteran army, depriving him of the majority of his finest and most loyal soldiers. Those who remained formed the hard core of his new armies, but the Russian fiasco damaged their health and embittered their previously unquestioning loyalty.
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Napoleon’s Escape from Elba
- The History of the French Emperor’s Return from Exile and the Road to Waterloo
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 2024-04-12
- Language: English
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs
- The History of the Franco-Flemish War’s Most Famous Battle
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Somewhat ironically, the one aspect of the Middle Ages that has been romanticized is medieval warfare. What is generally forgotten is that medieval warfare was constantly adapting to the times as leaders adopted new techniques and technology, and common infantry became increasingly important throughout the period. The changes became most evident at the beginning of the 14th century, when the French army fought rebellious forces from Flanders in the Battle of the Golden Spurs on July 11, 1302.
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs
- The History of the Franco-Flemish War’s Most Famous Battle
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 2021-12-21
- Language: English
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