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If “Andor” — which returns from Tuesday for its second and final season — has been received as one of the very best “Star ...
French president Emmanuel Macron announced a joint commission to examine reparations for Haiti, but some are calling for ...
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 ...
From the unmissable Palace of Versailles to the architectural pearls of the Loire, here is a selection of the most magnificent French châteaux. These ten royal and ducal residences have become jewels ...
On the Movements of the Earth are excellent examples of historical series that are both entertaining and revealing.
After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that ...
Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay ...
If I told you that I visited Notre-Dame de Paris in March of this year and that, while there, I had begun to get this strange ...
After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...