THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

Madame Tussauds, now a global wax museum brand, has its roots in the French Revolution, where Marie Tussaud crafted death ...

There Corsica It is not Italian because the Republic of Genoawho owned the island for almost five centuries from the ...