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Caresse
by Anne de Courcy
Every now and then, when writing a biography or social history, a…
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The Terror: The Fall of the Throne and Altar
by Susan Cahill
Throne and Altar, Altar and Throne. The two go together in pre-Revolution France…
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The History Behind the Mystery: The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
by Kate Mosse
The television series The Crown, written by Peter Morgan, inspired by the history…
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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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Paris Through the Eyes of Henri IV
by Susan Cahill; Photographs by Marion Ranoux The story of Henri IV in Paris is best…
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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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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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Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall, and the Outsiders of Montparnasse
by Stanley Meisler The mass migrations of European peoples to this country in the late 19th…
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Paris
Elvis and the Colonel
Elvis and the Colonel by Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill is a fresh biography of legendary…
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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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