The almost two-century history of the Rockefeller family, which gave the world industrialists, bankers, politicians, philanthropists and philanthropists, the...

French writer Louise Leven de Vilmorin (1902–1969) is very popular in her homeland. Her works are romantic and exciting love stories, written in an elegant a...

Camille Bournickel (b. 1918) is one of the most brilliant French writers of the 20th century. His works have been repeatedly awarded prestigious literary awa...

The book by the famous French historian and writer recreates a colorful panorama of theatrical life in France in the 17th century, from the first farcical ac...

The leader of the Huns, Attila (395–453), remains a mystery. Having proven himself to be an outstanding diplomat and a brilliant strategist, he managed to un...

Simone Roux, a historian and specialist in medieval Paris, shows us the capital of France at that time, which was neither a tangle of dirty narrow streets, n...

Romantic heroes forced to become outcasts, incredible adventures, heated battles, countless treasures - this is how the world of pirates and corsairs is usua...

The Revolution of 1789 completely changed the life of every Frenchman - from everyday life to symbols and the calendar. What to do? Run or stay, fight or acc...

A secret society that everyone knew about; a closed community that anyone could join; an order that declared itself outside of politics and took an active pa...

Albert Einstein's life turned upside down at the age of five when he discovered the properties of a compass, and 20 years later he changed people's understan...

Louis XIII selected them from among the bravest and most proven warriors; under Louis XIV, the mere sight of blue cloaks with silver crosses terrified the en...