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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

John Quincy Adams

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

Alexander Dumas
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

Shocking Paris-street scene in the Jewish Quarter of Paris
by Stanley Meisler The mass migrations of European peoples to this country in the late 19th…
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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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