From singers to scientists, politicians to resistance fighters, some of the most quintessentially 'French' figures were not ...

Marie de L'Incarnation obeyed a call from God to convert the natives of New France. (As portrayed by Paule Baillargeon in Canada: A People's History) She was the first Mother Superior of the ...

with no future in France. The King bestowed upon them a dowry of between 50 and 300 livres. "The 100 girls sent over by the king this year have only just arrived," wrote Mother Marie de l ...

Forget the gold of Monte Cristo, France is home to several long-running treasure hunts, with prizes worth hundreds of ...

I celebrated my birthday in Paris with old friends at the Hotel du Nord, best known for the 1938 French film that took the ...

Monique Olivier, who is serving life for aiding her serial killer husband Michel Fourniret, is a suspect in the 1997 disappearance of a teenage girl in France ... of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne ...

This fall, Air France will introduce noteworthy menus for Paris departures. Designed by acclaimed chefs — including Triple ...

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont published an anthology for young people--a pioneering work of the kind--called Le Magasin des enfants in 1756, while she was working as a governess in England. She ...

Turnout, at 66.63%, was the highest in a parliamentary second round since 1997. Even if RN's vote held up, this time it was ...

A l'origine du concept de l'élection divine en Israël. Critique de la rédaction de Jg 10, 6 - 11, 40; I S 9, 1- 10, 16; I S 11, 1 - 15 (The Foundation of the concept of Divine Election in Israel.

It was springtime in Paris in 2013 and those were different times: Albert Camus was on the cover of Philosophie magazine; the ...

Marine Le Pen and others are accused of using European funds for unrelated party expenses. The trial, expected to last two ...