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The chanson de geste ( Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', [ a] from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') [ 1] is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. [ 2] The earliest known poems of this genre date from the late 11th and early 12th centuries, shortly before the emergence of the ...
The King's Way. (novel) L'Allée du Roi (The Avenue of The King), Françoise Chandernagor. The King's Way ( French: L'Allée du Roi) is a novel by the French author Françoise Chandernagor first published in 1981. It is the story of Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, who in the 17th century was almost the queen of France.
Henri Christophe [1] ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi kʁistɔf]; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti . Christophe was of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa. [2] Beginning with the slave uprising of 1791, he rose to power in the ranks of the Haitian ...
Zone 5 uses eight 2-digit codes (51–58) and two sets of 3-digit codes (50x, 59x) to serve South and Central America. Zone 6 uses seven 2-digit codes (60–66) and three sets of 3-digit codes (67x–69x) to serve Southeast Asia and Oceania. Zone 7 uses an integrated numbering plan; two digits (7x) determine the area served: Russia or Kazakhstan.
Dantès reappears nine years later, in 1838, as the mysterious, fabulously wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Fernand is now the Count de Morcerf, Danglars a baron and banker, and Villefort a procureur du roi ('royal prosecutor'). In Rome, at Carnival time, Dantès befriends Viscount Albert de Morcerf, the son of Mercédès and Fernand.
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869) [2] was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of France.
Château de Choisy. Coordinates: 48°45′N 2°30′E. The château at the time of la Grande Mademoiselle. The Château de Choisy was a royal French residence in the commune of Choisy-le-Roi in the Val-de-Marne department, not far from Paris. The commune was given its present name by Louis XV, when he purchased the manor of Choisy and its ...
Star Wars Kenner Vintage 1977 to 1985 Complete Lot of 102 Figures. Price on eBay: $38,500. Though the original Star Wars movie was released in 1977, the toy line thrived throughout the 1980s ...