France

Fun Facts Friday: Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was a 17th Century French poet and fabulist. His fables are still known, and provided a…

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Fun Facts Friday: Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (20 May, 1799 – 18 August, 1850) - A French novelist and playwright known for his novels…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber

A fine book & a great choice of authors. I never realized the contribution of most of these authors to…

2 years ago

Book Review: Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

The book focuses, primarily, on four remarkable soldiers and the heroics they achieved in saving the world from certain doom.…

2 years ago

Feature: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

In this enthralling novel from author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France…

2 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Edmond Rostand

Edmond Rostand (1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French author and poet. He is mostly associated with…

2 years ago

Book Review: Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray

Mr. Gray did a vast amount of research, it certainly shows in this book which is both dark and moody.…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe

I loved how the author incorporated scenes from The Little Prince into the narrative, allowing Saint-Exupéry to build his classic…

2 years ago

Book Review: In Pursuit of Jefferson by Derek Baxter

The author & his family on a series of vacations following Jefferson’s 1788 book attempting to observer what he saw…

2 years ago

Book Review: Perfume by Patrick Süskind

This book is brilliant, insane and twisted – a grotesque fable, sometimes funny & beautifully written. Even my daughter came…

2 years ago

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