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Daniel Roche

    Daniel Roche is a French social and cultural historian whose primary research focuses on the cultural history of France during the later years of the Ancien Régime. He delves into the everyday lives, mentalities, and social transformations that shaped French society in the lead-up to the revolution. His work illuminates the subtle nuances and intricate processes driving the evolution of French culture and society. Roche's analyses provide profound insights into the mindset and customs of the era's inhabitants.

    Femmes et révolution: Les vêtements de la Liberté
    Why Men Lie & Women Cry
    Deception point
    Angels & Demons
    France in the Enlightenment
    • Deception point

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      National Reconnaissance Office, Washington: Intelligence analyst, Rachel Sexton, is summoned by the President of the United States to verify a discovery which NASA claims will change the future of the planet itself. Milne Ice Shelf, Arctic Circle: teams work feverishly to unearth an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the ice. But, accompanied by charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel soon uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery. They soon find out this is not a discovery that anyone wants to hear. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. And the truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all...

      Deception point2006
      3.8
    • Angels & Demons

      • 572 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      A novel about a symbologist who discovers the existence of an ancient vendetta against the Catholic Church.

      Angels & Demons2005
      4.0
    • Why Men Lie & Women Cry

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The authors of the international bestsellers WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS and THE DEFINTIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE teach strategies for happier, more fulfilled relationships.

      Why Men Lie & Women Cry2002
      3.8
    • France in the Enlightenment

      • 736 pages
      • 26 hours of reading

      The foremost historian of 18th-century France explores how the Old Regime's institutions operated and how they were understood by the people who worked within them. Roche depicts the "culture of appearances"--the food and clothing, living quarters, and reading material of the peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the provinces.

      France in the Enlightenment2000
      3.6