France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across the cities, villages, and countryside. You can wander through medieval ...

A history of France, newly available in English, has shocked some readers by what it omits, as much as what it includes. Patrick Boucheron, a French specialist of medieval Italian history, organized ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Sadly, John Julius Norwich passed away on June 1, 2018, and “The History of France” was to be, as he predicted, his last book. He left behind a legacy of well-regarded popular history, including his ...

This engaging book recounts the history of France through its food. For the French, their cuisine is a prime source of national pride, but as Hénaut and Mitchell’s lively vignettes show, few French ...

The late John Julius Norwich was a professional writer and an amateur historian. He never had an academic position, and he picked subjects to please himself. Unlike many academics, he remembered that ...

Last weekend, tanks rumbled along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris past viewing stands erected in advance of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. The tanks weren’t rehearse for the ...

This book belongs to a contemporary genre—Robb calls it “slow history”— in which authors travel around on foot or by old-fashioned conveyance and recount tales about the history of the spots they ...

The Canal du Midi traverses the Occitanie region and gives cyclists of all skill levels access to parts of France that are rich in lore, yet sometimes passed over by visitors. By William Fleeson The ...