after the french revoulution, france has had a lot of changes in the polity of the country. from monarchy to a democratic republic. and so, after france against germany to be war, when france has had a painful defeat, the king had been taken captured and dissapeard, france was left without a leader. after a civil war and by one vote in the national commity it waqs decided- the third republic was on her way. many crisys attaced the republic- from the right side of the map there was the royal people who wante to get their self an extra rights, and from the left side of the political map were the socialits who fighted for the proletariat.panema crisis, bulanje crisic, the drifus trial, all made the republic in risk. this book brings us all the stories and all the events that had became this problematic republic to on of the most developed and enlightened country in the world at that time. this book covering us the road of france from the establish of the republic to the start of world war one. the book shows us the cutting of france from the old world and it amazing join to the modern world.one of the most thrilling story of the end of the 19 century to the beginning of the 20th cuntury.

I used this book for my class on Nineteenth Century Europe. We started in 1815 following the fall of Napoleon and ended on the verge of World War I. This is a very good book and it covers all the information on this very critical time period in European History. The Nineteenth Century came after the French Revolution and before the First World War and was much different from both the 18th and 20th centuries. Robert Gildea gives equal space to all countries including those which are often overlooked, including the Low Countries. The social, intellectual, and cultural history of Europe between 1800-1914 is presented in a very well written format. The information contained on Germany and France is very informative and easy to understand. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Modern European history.