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The True Story of Alsace-Lorraine - Lorraine

The True Story of Alsace-Lorraine - Lorraine

Alfred Vizetelly, Ernest

Paperback

Eastern European HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353608902
ISBN13: 9789353608903
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 15 2019
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Few regions in Europe have been fought over, written about, and wept for as often as Alsace-Lorraine. Here maps shifted, languages collided, and families learned that nationality could change between one sunrise and the next. Here, every border hides scars. In The True Story of Alsace-Lorraine, journalist Ernest Alfred Vizetelly traces the tangled politics and human cost of this contested province, from the Franco-Prussian War aftermath through the tense decades that followed. Blending contemporary reporting, diplomatic history and sharp commentary, he reveals how 19th century France and Germany used Alsace-Lorraine as both battlefield and symbol, shaping French German relations history and the wider territorial disputes in Europe. For World War 1 researchers and for European history students alike, this alsace lorraine history book offers a gripping, ground-level view of pre World War 1 Europe and the French German borderlands history that haunted it. First published in the early twentieth century, this European historical nonfiction classic stands as a key European borderlands history study and reads today as a definitive Alsace-Lorraine study in English: passionate, precise and deeply informed by its own era. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for general readers, scholars, and classic-history collectors who recognise the enduring power of borders, memory and identity.

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