French History

by Alex Landragin

It was a cool, grey spring day in Paris. I was standing in the Montparnasse Cemetery
In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in the world. Her alumnae
The Grand Mosque of Paris was built between 1922 and 1926 to symbolize the eternal friendship
The mass demonstrations and strikes in France in May 1968 severely challenged De Gaulle’s legitimacy and
by Anne Sebba On 6 June 1944 Allied forces began the long-awaited invasion of northern France. Operation
Varian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of Dreams has been maturing for twenty
Paul Rosenburg Rue la Boétie Number 21. I’ve passed by it hundreds of times. My mother
Romantic-era novelist Alexandre Dumas may well have created the world’s first fiction factory in Paris in