This chapter of France's history is about the Earlier Kings Of France : The House of Paris, The Kingdom of Hugh Capet, the Earlier Kings of the House of Paris, the kings Louis VI...

This chapter of France's history is about The Italian Wars : Campaigns of Charles VIII (1493), the Campaign of Louis XII, The Holy League, the Campaigns of Francis I, Charles V,...

This chapter of France's history is about Power Of The Crown : Richelieu's Administration, The War in Flanders and Italy, The Fronde, The Court of Anne of Austria, Court of Louis...

This chapter of France's history is about The Wars Of Religion : The Bourbons and Guises, The Reformation, The Conspiracy of Amboise, the Regency of Catherine de' Medici, The...

This historical essays deals with France's earlier kings, the hundred years' war, the struggle with Burgundy, the Italian wars, the wars of religion, the absolute monarchy, and...

The French Revolution : Attempts at Reform, The States-General, The New Constitution, The Republic, The Reign of Terror, The Directory, The Consulate .Charlotte Mary Yonge was an...

This chapter of France's history is about the Struggle With Burgundy : Power of Burgundy, Louis XI.'s Policy, Charles the Bold, The Fall of Charles the Bold (1477), Louis's Home...

This chapter of France's history is about The Hundred Years' War : the Wars of Edward III, the battles of Creçy and Poitiers, The Jacquerie, The Peace of Bretigny, the Renewal of...

Forty-year-old Alwyn Egremont seduces Alice, an 18-year-old nursery governess, in his brother's employ.Scared he will lose his inheritance for doing so, Alwyn denies the affair...

Written by the English author Charlotte Mary Yonge, ‘The Caged Lion’ (1870) tells the story of King James I of Scotland - the caged lion of the title - who has been a prisoner...