Victor Chapman's letters from France

About the Book

VICTOR EMMANUEL CHAPMAN, a member of the Franco-American Air Corps, was killed in Verdun on June 23, 1916, and hit the rear of the German forces. He was twenty-seventh; was born in New York, studied at Fay School for two years, studied at St. Paul's School in Concord for several years, lived abroad for a year in France and Germany. Upon his return, he spent a year at the Stone School in Boston and then went to Harvard, graduating in 1913; immediately after leaving school, he went to Paris and for a year studying architecture at M. Gromort's studio, preparing to enter the fine arts. This made him a student of fine arts, since the ateliers are part of the school, and in 1914 he joined the Foreign Legion... Books about the History of France describe its history from the time of the Gauls, who were incorporated into the Roman Empire, as France endured the Hundred Years' War and in the 16th century achieved a far-flung colonial empire. The French Revolution was followed by the Napoleonic Wars, participation in the Crimean War and war with Germany in 1870-71. World War 1 was devastating for France, which was invaded by Nazi Germany in World War 2. Titles include: History of France, Louis the Fourteenth, Women of Versailles, The last years of Louis XV, Napoleon, the last phase, Napoleon III at the Height of His Power, The intendant as a political agent under Louis XIV, France and the French in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century, Die Kolonialfrage im Frieden von Versailles, Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution, and A History of the Third French Republic.

Also in this Book

Continental Europe has a long standing drama tradition, including Austrian, Italian and French opera, and plays dating from the German Romanticism of the 19th century, and French Romanticism of the same period. Some examples of European drama include: Aida, La Sonnambula, Die Verkaufte Braut, Don Carlos, Elektra, La Bohème, Lakmé, Mary Stuart, "Salome", The Blue Bird, Véronique, The Flying Dutchman, A Doll's House and Der Snob.

And in this Book

Books about Travel in France describe travel, tourism and adventures in this large country of Western Europe, which is famous for the sights of Paris and its wine making. Titles include: A Motor-Flight Through France, Étymologies du nom des villes et des villages du département de la Moselle, My years in Paris, Souvenir of Paris, The Scribner English Texts; Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, and The Journal of a Spy in Paris during the Reign of Terror: January-July, 1794.

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