France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer surveys a turbulent century of French history, from the fall of the first Napoleon through the restored Bourbon and Orléans monarchies, the Second Empire of Napoleon III, and the founding of the Third Republic. Latimer writes for the general reader with a keen eye for personality and drama.
The book traces the repeated rise and fall of thrones, the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, and the spectacle of royal and imperial courts that came and went with bewildering speed. It is an accessible narrative of monarchy’s long struggle for survival in modern France. This free EPUB download presents the complete history.