Title : The Word That Hits the Mark - A Fun and Instructive Dictionary of History's Most Famous Phrases - Gilles Henry - Book
Summary :
"Paris is well worth a mass.", Henry IV
"Reform, yes, chaos, no!", General de Gaulle
"The State is me." Louis XIV
"Whoever loves me, follow me!", Philippe de Valois
Wasn't the meaning of the phrase Napoleon's strength: "Impossible is not French."? Would we remember the Battle of Fontenoy without the famous: "Gentlemen of England, shoot first!"? From the history of France to the history of language, there is only one word! This small dictionary deciphers hundreds of episodes that a well-chosen word has immortalized.
Three times winner of the French Academy, Gilles Henry is the author of around fifty works, including L'habit ne fait pas le moine , available in Points.
- EAN: 9782757809013
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