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When in Paris, Follow the Breadcrumbs
by Alex Landragin
It was a cool, grey spring day in Paris. I was standing in…
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Madame Claude: Her Secret World of Pleasure, Privilege, and Power
by William Stadiem In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in the…
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Benghabrit: The Muslim Rector who saved Jews from the Gestapo
by Susan Cahill The Grand Mosque of Paris was built between 1922 and 1926 to symbolize…
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May 1968: The French Revolution That Never Was
by Jonathan Fenby The mass demonstrations and strikes in France in May 1968 severely challenged De…
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Cecile Rol-Tanguy: Fighting for the Liberation of Paris
by Anne Sebba On 6 June 1944 Allied forces began the long-awaited invasion of northern France. Operation…
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler
by Kate Lord Brown Varian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of Dreams has…
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Paul Rosenberg: A Family Memoir of Art and War
by Anne Sinclair; Translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside Paul Rosenburg Rue la Boétie Number…
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A Passion for Paris: Alexandre Dumas and the Ghosts of Romantic Fiction
by David Downie Romantic-era novelist Alexandre Dumas may well have created the world’s first fiction factory…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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