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 ...

On August 25th, 1944—the day Paris was liberated—General de Gaulle delivered one of the most important speeches in the history of modern France. Its conclusion: “We, who have lived the greatest hours ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has resisted calls to take down statues with links to colonialism and slavery, vowing not to erase history. For activists, the monuments are a symbol of France’s ...

Robert Zaretsky teaches at the University of Houston. His latest book is “Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague.” In the month between French President Emmanuel Macron’s ...

Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. PARIS — France is suffering from an acute dose of commemoritis. The French spend an inordinate amount of time and ...