14 Nov 08 A Battle Of Powerful Emperors
Georges Duby describes about the battle between the King Philip of France and the Emperor Otto in Flanders in 1214 and the defeat of Emperor Otto and the legends which came out of the battle in this book The Legend Of Bouvines. He not only gives an excellent description of the battle of Bouvines about which a little is talked in history, but also portrays the European culture and politics in medieval. If you have certain background of medieval this book will interest you more as it gives a beautiful description of the thoughts of people in medieval and unfolds the realities of the war in medieval France.
04 Nov 08 Patriotism And Life
Suite Francaise has two parts Storm in June and Dolce. Storm in June describes the terrified flight of refugees from Paris. It talks about different characters connected with each other in its episodes like a wealthy Pericand family, a novelist Gabriel Corte and his mistress Florence, an antique collector etc. Dolce talks about the German troops entering and leaving the village. Lucile is one of the women living in the village whose husbands are either prisoners of war or missing. She lives with her mother in law and eventually falls in love with the German officer, but her patriotism stays unchanged.
22 Oct 08 Interested In A French Mystery?
The Lady In The Car With The Glasses And A Gun is one of the best murder mysteries you can read. The novel is full of the charismatic characters and complex plot development .The lead character a beautiful lady Dani takes her bosses Thunderbird for a joyride, where in one of the service station bathroom her hand is broken by a mysterious assailant. The events in the novel are complicated and unpredictable. It has been ended fantastically giving all the readers a surprise. The lead character is a fully realized character whose inner reserves of strength and wit are gradually revealed. Novel has good characters, excellent writing and original plots.
02 Oct 08 Learn French the Easy Way
Learning a new language is always a pleasure. Every new word or phrase that we learn will make us very happy and we will definitely try and show off our newly acquired talents to everybody. But it is not very easy to learn a new language. There are a number of books that are available to help people in this regard. Numerous books and CDs are available to help people in this regard. Getting a printed book might be a difficult thing as one needs to keep carrying it around. Tell Me More is a company that has excellent E-books that will be very easy to use. You can order them online and can immediately download it. Further some of these E-books will also have supplementary material which will enable readers to learn the pronunciation.
