France-Empire is an independent French publishing house, created in 1945 by .
History
In 1945, from the end of the Second World War, the Éditions France-Empire began their activity by publishing works concerning the period 1939-1945 then the period of
decolonization
Decolonization or decolonisation is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on separatism, in ...
. The publishing house was created from the funds of the Sève et Morat. In the 1960's and 1970's, France-Empire was influenced notably by the success of the series of devoted to
deportation in the Holocaust, which was by far the biggest seller of editions at that time.
The Éditions France-Empire then pursued this path by including in their catalog essays, novels, biographies and memoirs in the historical domain. The company belongs to the group Desquenne et Giral (
euronext
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Traded assets include regulated equities, exchange-traded funds (ETF), warrants and certificates, bonds, ...
) since 1990.
The Éditions France-Empire was deregistered on March 26, 2013.
Some authors
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Christian Bernadac
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Yann Brekilien
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Jean Deruelle
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Alexandre Dumas
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Jean-Pierre Fourcade
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The Union ...
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Guy Gauthier
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André Girard
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Philippe Guilhaume
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Philippe Kieffer
Philippe Kieffer (24 October 1899 – 20 November 1962), '' capitaine de frégate'' in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces.
Life and career
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to a ...
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Stéphanie Le Bail
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Hervé Le Boterf
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Yves Le Prieur
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Pierre Mazeaud
Pierre Mazeaud (; born 24 August 1929) is a French jurist, politician and alpinist.
In February 2004, he was appointed president of the Constitutional Council of France by President of France Jacques Chirac, replacing Yves Guéna, until he wa ...
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Colonel Rémy
Gilbert Renault (August 6, 1904 – July 29, 1984), known by the nom de guerre Colonel Rémy, was a notable French secret agent active in World War II, and was known under various pseudonyms such as ''Raymond'', ''Jean-Luc'', ''Morin'', ''Watteau' ...
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Jeanne de Recqueville
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Michel Roussin Michel Roussin (born May 3, 1939 in Rabat, Morocco) was the chief of staff of Alexandre de Marenches, who directed the SDECE French secret service until the May 1981 election of François Mitterrand as President of France. Michel Roussin has als ...
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Alice Saunier-Seité
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Henri Spade
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Pierre Suard
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Violaine Vanoyeke
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Pierre Clostermann
Pierre Henri Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French fighter pilot.
During the conflict he achieved 33 air-to-air combat victories, earning the accolade "France's First Fighter" from General Charles de ...
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Samuel Dock
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Hafid Aggoune
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Marc Villemain
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Alain Vircondelet
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Jérôme-Arnaud Wagner
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Frédéric Chaslin
Frédéric Chaslin (; born 1963, in Paris) is a French conductor, composer and pianist. He recently joined the prestigious Music publishing house Universal Edition in Vienna.
The son of an architect, Chaslin studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, ...
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Éric Vanneufville
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Jean Prasteau
References
External links
France-Empireon Biblio Monde
France-Empireon Imec.com
''Jacques-Marie Laffont reprend les éditions France Empire''on ''Livres Hebdo'' (10 July 2014)
on Rue des Livres
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Book publishing companies of France
Publishing companies established in 1945
1945 establishments in France