France is a diverse country with thousands of years of history, distinctive cities, and incredible landscapes, so it’s no surprise that France is home to a large collection of UNESCO World Heritage ...

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 ...

Toussaint Louverture, according to the scholar Sudhir Hazareesingh, was “the first black superhero of the modern age.” Louverture was born enslaved on a sugar plantation on Saint-Domingue, a French ...

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of ...

Analysis: The theft from the Louvre is merely the latest instalment in the chequered history of the crown jewels of France It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of ...