Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers the history of France from the Hun invasion of Europe in the 5th century up to the Prussian War, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Introduction by Kalynda)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 The Huns at Orleans
15:50 - Chapter 2
02 The Wooing of Clotilde
15:15 - Chapter 3
03 The Rival Queens
15:45 - Chapter 4
04 Roland at Roncesvalles
09:41 - Chapter 5
05 Charlemagne and the Avars
15:51 - Chapter 6
06 The Crowning of Charlemagne
15:34 - Chapter 7
07 Peter the Hermit
16:46 - Chapter 8
08 The Commune of Laon
17:46 - Chapter 9
09 How Big Ferre Fought for France
12:26 - Chapter 10
10 Bertrand du Guesclin
17:51 - Chapter 11
11 Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans
23:43 - Chapter 12
12 The Career of a Knight-Errant
18:47 - Chapter 13
13 Louis the Politic and Charles the Bold
15:44 - Chapter 14
14 Charles the Bold and the Swiss
11:53 - Chapter 15
15 Bayard, the Good Knight
12:28 - Chapter 16
16 Episodes in the Life of a Traitor
16:30 - Chapter 17
17 St. Bartholomew's Day
12:47 - Chapter 18
18 King Henry of Navarre
17:02 - Chapter 19
19 The Murder of a King
10:13 - Chapter 20
20 Richelieu and the Conspirators
19:48 - Chapter 21
21 The Parliament of Paris
23:26 - Chapter 22
22 A Martyr to His Profession
08:37 - Chapter 23
23 The Man with the Iron Mask
09:19 - Chapter 24
24 Voltaire's Last Visit to Paris
09:45 - Chapter 25
25 The Diamond Necklace
12:49 - Chapter 26
26 The Fall of the Bastille
08:08 - Chapter 27
27 The Story of Sainte Amoule
15:18 - Chapter 28
28 The Flight of the King
09:50 - Chapter 29
29 The End of the Terror
13:57 - Chapter 30
30 The Burning of Moscow
15:09 - Chapter 31
31 Napoleon's Return from Elba
12:33 - Chapter 32
32 The Prussian War and the Paris Commune
21:38