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An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries

by Emma Rothschild

An innovative history of deep social and economic changes in France, told through the story of a single extended family across five generations Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical rec

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

408

ISBN

9780691200309