by Alain Corbin · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782757835715
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«Les Héros de l'histoire de France» is the historical essay by Alain Corbin, published by Points in paperback (198 pages, in French).
Corbin reflects on the cult of heroes in France and whether history still offers figures capable of uniting the nation. He reviews the French pantheon, from Clovis to Napoleon, with Henry IV, Richelieu or Gambetta, and analyses how admiration is manufactured: military glory, faith in progress, adventure and humanitarian action.
Belongs to the Points Histoire collection (number 479).
For readers interested in French history and the role of great figures in national identity.
Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.
