Title : Magical Stories from the History of France - Louis Pauwels, Guy Breton - book
Summary :
Reading this book is like traveling through French history riding a comet!
Louis Pauwels (author of The Morning of the Magicians and the founder of Planète ) and Guy Breton ( Love Stories from the History of France , The Secret Nights of Paris ) are lifelong friends. They are reunited today to explore the "hidden side" of our history, discover extraordinary characters, reveal inexplicable facts, resurrect fabulous adventures, which are nevertheless an integral part of the history of events and mentalities from the Middle Ages to the present day.
With passion, hundreds of thousands of listeners follow daily on France-Inter, in the program "Le Temps de Vivre", the magical stories of the History of France. narrated by Louis Pauwels and Guy Breton. In this book, both continue and deepen their investigation through the centuries. An investigation without naivety or complacency, but which "delights" the reader, in the full sense of the word. Because you will realize that true history can also be read as a fairy tale...
From Pascal's bewitchment to the ghost of Valmy, from Descartes' dream to Hugo's turning tables, from Catherine de Medici's strange vision to Napoleon's solar myth, from Robespierre's religion to Auguste Comte's mystical love: a first series of stories, brilliantly told and solidly documented, which cast a completely different light on the men and events of our history .
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EAN : 9782245007785
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