A History of France

An “engaging, enthusiastic, sympathetic, funny” journey through French history from the New York Times– bestselling author of Absolute Monarchs ( The Wall Street Journal ). Beginning with Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary characters―Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Marie Antoinette, to name a few―as John Julius Norwich chronicles France’s often violent, always fascinating history. From the French