Posts Tagged with ‘City of Light’
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For Love or Money: Marriage and Divorce in the French capital (1880-1941) – Excerpt from Nancy L. Green’s “The Other Americans in Paris”
19 Jun 2014Reprinted with permission from The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880-1941, by Nancy L. Green, published by…
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Travel Diaries: Unpredictably Paris (part two)
12 Jun 2014By Barbara Redmond (Part One) Getting a taxi at rush hour in Paris is not easily done, and, once aboard,…
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Travel Diaries: Unpredictably Paris (part one)
10 Jun 2014By Barbara Redmond You could say that my fondness for walking in Paris began in 2005. As a visitor renting…
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French Impressions: John Baxter on the First World War: A reflection on Paris’ history and transition during the war years
15 Apr 2014John Baxter is an acclaimed memoirist, film critic, and biographer. He is author of the memoirs The Most Beautiful Walk…
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French Impressions: Dr. Alan T. Marty on the dark history of the City of Light
25 Jun 2013Alan T Marty, MD, author and retired cardiac surgeon, was born in 1942 in Chicago and educated at MIT and…