History of Modern France: Volume 2, 1852–1913

Originally published in 1919, this book forms the second of two volumes on the history of France between 1815 and 1913.

This 1919 book forms the second of two volumes on the history of France between 1815 and 1913. The volumes cover the key events in French history, drawing attention to various aspects of the nation's complicated political evolution. The second volume begins with the early years of the Second Empire and moves through to the Democratic Republic.Originally published in 1919, as part of the Cambridge Historical Series, this book forms the second of two volumes on the history of France between 1815 and 1913. The volumes cover the key events in French history during the period, drawing attention to various aspects of the nation's complicated political evolution. The first volume begins with the Bourbon Restoration and finishes with the coup d'état of Louis-Napoléon; the second volume begins with the early years of the Second Empire and moves through to the Democratic Republic. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in French history and the modernisation of France.