London England: Longmans, Green and Co, 1960. Hardback. First Edition. The Second Empire. Message to previous owners signed by the author to inside cover. Slight foxing to edge. Wear and tear to D/J. This book is neither a history of the Second Empire nor a biography of Louis Napoleon. For the former, with its wars and its tortuous diplomacy, we turn to the massive surveys of Ollivier, La Gorce and Seignobos; for the latter to Simpson, Sencourt and Thompson. Its purpose is to transmute mere names into men and women of flesh and blood; to study the Emporer's complex character in sunshine and storm, to assess the influence of his wife and relatives, leigimate and illegitimate; to watch his Ministers at work and his critics in attack; to recapture something of the atmosphere of the two colourful decades which separate the drab Bourgeois Monarchy from the equally drab Third Republic. Illustrated. 324 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

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Bookseller: thelondonbookworm.com (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 097659
Title: The Second Empire
Author: G. P. Gooch
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co
Place of Publication: London England
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: Non Fiction History The Second Empire Louis Napoleon SS-84
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo

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