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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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French History
The Spirits of Iwo Jima
by P. T. Deutermann
Doing the research for my latest novel, Iwo, 26 Charlie, was a…
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But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America
by Jack Kelly
In October 1781, after Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to the American forces…
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Must Read History Books of 2023
From spies, assassins, and dirty tricks in WWII to a revealing new biography of Jacqueline Kennedy…
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The Last Outlaws
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days…
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Saving Ancestors’ Graves
by Tom Clavin
With the film Killers of the Flower Moon casting a spotlight not just on the…
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Author Matthew J. Davenport’s new book The Longest Minute tells the riveting and tragic true story…
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The London Beer Flood
by Tom Clavin
Two hundred and nine years ago, an event took place that was both…
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High Noon in Coffeyville
by Tom Clavin
The following is an excerpt from The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of…
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