C. H. C. Wright, a Harvard professor of French, traces the Third Republic from its antecedents in Napoleon III’s rivalry with Bismarck through the war of 1870 and the Government of National Defence. He then follows it president by president, from Thiers and Mac-Mahon through Grévy, Carnot, Loubet and Fallières to Poincaré, covering the Boulanger affair and church-state conflicts.
A compact narrative of a turbulent republic, useful background for the First World War. Download the free EPUB.