French History

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

WCAG Headingby William Stadiem In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in…
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Benghabrit: The Muslim Rector who saved Jews from the Gestapo

WCAG Headingby Susan Cahill The Grand Mosque of Paris was built between 1922 and 1926 to…
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May 1968: The French Revolution That Never Was

WCAG Headingby Jonathan Fenby The mass demonstrations and strikes in France in May 1968 severely challenged…
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Cecile Rol-Tanguy: Fighting for the Liberation of Paris

WCAG Headingby Anne Sebba On 6 June 1944 Allied forces began the long-awaited invasion of northern France.…
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler

WCAG Headingby Kate Lord Brown WCAG HeadingVarian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of…
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Paul Rosenberg: A Family Memoir of Art and War

My Grandfather's Gallery
WCAG Heading by Anne Sinclair; Translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside WCAG Heading Paul Rosenburg…
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A Passion for Paris: Alexandre Dumas and the Ghosts of Romantic Fiction

Alexander Dumas
WCAG Heading by David Downie Romantic-era novelist Alexandre Dumas may well have created the world’s first…
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