International relations: Anglo-French alliance WWII to Brexit — the end of the affaire?
Explore international relations between France and the UK, and discover the Anglo-French alliance from WWII until the present.
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Charles de Gaulle: Part 2 - The Post War Maze
Restoring France to what he saw as its former glory became an obsession.
Charles de Gaulle: Part 1 - Fractious allies
When Churchill and de Gaulle agreed they were like starry-eyed lovers. When they were not,…
Book Review: Final Transgression by Harriet Welty Rochefort
Harriet Welty Rochefort paints this complex tableau of war in France with a fine brush…
Bags of problems for Vuitton & Pétain
By 2012, LV was named the world's most valuable luxury brand, but it's been through…
Interview: Jane S. Gabin - author, inquisitive observer & wanderer in Paris
Meet Jane Gabin and learn why & how she fell for Paris. Don't miss her…
Heroes of WWII in France - Females all of them! - Part 2 - Odette Sansom
Born Odette Hallowes in Amiens in 1912.
Beauty and the beasts
Eugène Paul Louis Schueller, the founder of a huge cosmetics company, was a thoroughly nasty piece of work. So were most of his friends.