Alsace and Lorraine, from Caesar to Kaiser: 58 B.C. - 1871 A.D.

This superb history summarizes the major events and upheavals in the regions of Alsace and Lorraine, from ancient times to the late 19^th century.

Accompanied by maps and citing sources which date back through the ages, this history of the Alsace and Lorraine provinces is well-composed. At the time this account was published in 1914, the two regions had spent years in the geopolitical limelight; since parts of both were annexed by Germany in the 1870s, resentments had simmered in France about...