France since 1800

The authors recommend this book as a single volume introduction to modern French history. Their almost obsessive avoidance of the dreaded 'N'-word, however, gives a bizarre look to the early period. They lump together Napoleon I and Louis XVIII as the 'new regime', and Napoleon III and the Second Empire disppear under the much more influential characters of Charles X and Marshal Macmahon. A history of the British Isles of the same period would have a second chapter entitled, 'From George IV to Edward VII'!
 
D.L.L. Parry, Former Research Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford, and consultant at Datamonitor plc., and Pierre Girard, Professor of Contemporary History, Orleans Khagne.

Contents
Introduction
1 The new regime: 1800-1824
2 Charles X to Marshal MacMahon: 1824-1877
3 Republic, state and nation confront the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 1877-1914
4 The stranglehold of the Great Patriotic War: 1914-1926
5 Disaster and renewal: 1926-1958
6 A new republic, a new France: 1958-2002
Conclusion: The normalization of France? Today . . . and tomorrow?
Chronology
Guide to further reading
Index