French History
- 1000 Years of Annoying the French - Stephen Clarke
This is what I've been working on for the past couple of years, following my nose through libraries (both online and off), hunting through 1000 years of history to produce a chunky tome that tries to set the record straight about the long tragi-comedy of relations between the French and all us English-speakers.
I'm not saying we're eternal enemies, or anything like that, just that we can't ignore our pasts.
Stephen Clarke lives in Paris, where he divides his time between writing and not writing. His first novel, A Year in the Merde, originally became a word-of-mouth hit in 2004, and is now published all over the world. Since then he has published three more bestselling Merde novels, as well as Talk to the Snail, an indispensable guide to understanding the French.
For a full biography, please visit Stephen Clarke - Author Page.
- Die in Paris - Marilyn Z. Tomlins
A spring night in Paris. The most beautiful city in the world is dark and silent.Uncertainty devils the air. As does normality: War time normality.
The Nazi flag flutters from the Eiffel Tower. The Parisians are huddled indoors. Suddenly the night's stillness is shattered by sirens and excited voices. For days foul smoke has been pouring from the chimney of an uninhabited house close to the Avenue des Champs-Elysées.
Marilyn Z.Tomlins is a freelance journalist. She lives and works in Paris, France.
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