For the Soul of France
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The author of acclaimed biographies of Emile Zola and Flaubert now offers an ambitious, far-reaching portrait of fin-de-siecle France.
Frederick Brown je autorom viacerých ocenených kníh, ktoré sa zameriavajú na francúzsku históriu a literatúru. Jeho diela skúmajú životy a tvorbu kľúčových postáv, ako sú Flaubert a Zola, a odhaľujú hlbšie kultúrne a intelektuálne prúdy svojej doby. Brownov prístup sa vyznačuje bohatým rozprávaním a prenikavým pohľadom na ľudskú psychiku a spoločenské sily.




The author of acclaimed biographies of Emile Zola and Flaubert now offers an ambitious, far-reaching portrait of fin-de-siecle France.
Reconsiders the events and the political, social, and religious movements that led to France's embrace of Fascism and anti-Semitism, exploring the tumultuous forces unleashed by the Dreyfus Affair, and examining how the clashing ideologies and the blood-soaked political scandals and artistic movements following the horror of World War I resulted in the country's era of militant authoritarianism; and how rioting, violent racism, and nationalistic fervor overtook France's sense of reason, sealed its fate, and led to the rise of the Vichy government.