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

by Emma Rothschild

Book Overview

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 Angoul me in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691200300
• ISBN13: 9780691200309
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"