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Includes the annual report of the provincial auditor.
Between the outbreak of war with Austria in 1792 and Napoleon's final debacle in 1814, France remained almost continously at war, recruiting in the process some two to three million frenchmen--a level of recruitment unknown to previous generations and widely resented as an attack on the liberties of rural communities. Forrest challenges the notion of a nation heroically rushing to arms by examining the massive rates of desertion and avoidance of service as well as their consequences on French society--on military campaigns and the morale of armies, on political opinion at home, on the social fabric of local villages, and on the Napoleonic dream of bringing about a coherent and centralized state.
Reproduction of the original: Dinners and Diners by Nathaniel Newnham-Davis
This new guide to French synonyms is the first to be produced specifically for English-speaking students of French. Its aim is to enable them to develop, broaden and enhance their awareness of the complexity and richness of French vocabulary by presenting in an easily accessible form information not readily available in traditional dictionaries. It contains a wide variety of material, both formal and informal, literary and practical. The tabular layout is designed for maximum ease of reference, with sample contexts and English equivalents for each French item. There are two indexes of French and English words.
Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Newnham-Davis (1854-1917) was the author of: Three Men and a God and Other Stories (1896), Jadoo (1898), Military Dialogues (1899), Dinners and Diners: Where and How to Dine in London (1899), 'Baby' Wilkinson's VC and Other Stories (1899), Military Dialogues, on Active Service (1900), The Transvaal Under the Queen (1900), A Charitable Bequest (1900), The Gourmet's Guide to Europe (with Algernon Bastard) (1903) and Lady Madcap (with Paul Alfred Rubens) (1905).