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Defeat and Division launches a definitive new account of France in the Second World War. In this first volume, Douglas Porch dissects France's 1940 collapse, the dynamics of …

In Resistance and Liberation, Douglas Porch continues his epic history of France at war. Emerging from the debâcle of 1940, France faced the quandary of how to rebuild military …

West France is, in the author's words, a glorious coastline of timeless cruising pleasures. This sailing companion will take you down the Biscay coast from L'Aber Wrach to …

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was …

The iconic bags, the instantly recognizable packaging, the celebrity fans – Hèrmes is the last word in luxurious accessories. Through the generations, Hermès have created …

While much attention has been paid to the making of Paris in the work of writers and artists, little is known about the city as defined and created by the fashion media. Filling …

På slutten av 1990-tallet hadde Annie Ernaux et forhold til en tretti år yngre mann. I noen måneder levde hun som den lidenskapelige kvinnen hun var som ung. Slik ble forholdet en …

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great nation.

Marcel Proust's literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. …

Man Ray (1890–1976) was a polymath modernist, working in painting, sculpture, film, printmaking, and poetry. But it was his work in photography, with nude studies, fashion work, …