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Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux découverts depuis la mort de Buffon, Pourrat Frères, Paris, 1834–1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des méduses, Rochefort, Paris, 1837; Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du gouvernement sur la Corvette La Coquille, Pourrat frères, Paris, 1838–1839.
French Republican Calendar of 1794, drawn by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and ...
Refuge du Roc de la Pêche is a refuge in the Alps 45°19′40″N 6°41′29″E / 45.32778°N 6.69139°E / 45.32778; 6 This article about a French building or structure is a stub .
The King's Camelots, officially the National Federation of the King's Camelots (French: Fédération nationale des Camelots du Roi) was a far-right youth organization of the French militant royalist and integralist movement Action Française active from 1908 to 1936. It is best known for taking part in many right-wing demonstrations in France ...
The Maison du Roi civile, or domestic entourage of the king, was divided into a number of departments, whose number varied over the years. Under Louis XIV it consisted of 22 departments. Each department was directed by the grands officiers de la maison du roi de France (a title similar to, but not the same as, grand officier de la couronne de ...
He writes of Le Grau-du-Roi: "This is a fine place below Aigues Mortes on the Camargue and the Mediterranean with a long beach and a fine fishing port." Ernest Hemingway, 27 Mai 1927 (correspondance à Maxwell Perkins) Le Grau-du-Roi is mentioned in passing in the novel "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind published in 1985 as a place the anti-hero ...
From the 12th to 14th centuries, the site of the château was located within the parish of La Motte and was a fortified stronghold. [1] Henri de Husson received the land as concession from Jeanne "La Voyère d'Aron" in 1394. [2]
The Conseil du Roi (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj dy ʁwa]; 'King's Council'), also known as the Royal Council, is a general term for the administrative and governmental apparatus around the King of France during the Ancien Régime designed to prepare his decisions and to advise him.