Paris

Fun Facts Friday: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February, 1626 – 17 April, 1696) was a French aristocrat celebrated for her…

3 years ago

Book Review: Pont Neuf by Max Byrd

A historical fiction story following two female reports during World War II. Annie March arrives in France, 1944 after D-Day,…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Count Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29, August 1862 – 6, May 1949) was a poet, writer and playwright from Belgium.

4 years ago

Book Review: Champion: A German Boxer, a Jewish Assassin and Hitler’s Revenge by Stephen Deutsch

The book is well researched, it presents events with historical accuracy without spending time on nuances which will bog down…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine (13 December, 1797 – 17 February, 1856) was a German writer, critic and poet.

4 years ago

Book Review: The Liberation of Paris by Jean Edward Smith

Even though The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle,and von Choltitz Saved the City of Lightis short, it is…

5 years ago

Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose

D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped Win World War II -historical accounts of…

5 years ago

Book Review: The Storm over Paris by William Ian Grubman

A historical fiction novel taking place in Paris, 1942, and follows an art dealer trying to save art from the…

5 years ago

Book Review: The Cook by Maylis de Kerangal

The Cook by Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Sam Taylor) is a fictional biography of Mauro, a young man who…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis (2 November, 1911 – 18 March, 1996) was a Greek poet, Program Director of the Greek National Radio…

6 years ago

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