France

Previewing his forthcoming biography, Robert Knecht argues that recent whitewash has failed to cover guilty blood.

John Hardman, a biographer of Louis XVI, argues that the king at the time of the French Revolution fails to live down to his abysmal reputation.

Beasts behind bars - Katharine MacDonogh tells the tale of the animals forced to share their owners' fall from grace after 1789.

Anne Laurence takes a look at a history course which compares the cultures of 17th century Britain and France.

France's colonies have existed to serve the greatness of France. Johnson examines France's treatment of its various colonies, including French Polynesia, French Indo-China, and Tahiti.

Richard Wilkinson wonders why historians have accepted the Cardinal's extravagant assessment of himself.

Omer Bartov asks how the armies of lords and kings became the forces of peoples and nations.

T.C.W. Blanning argues that royalty in France undermined itself through mismanagement, despotism and sleaze.

Richard Vinen reveiws the early career of the former French President.

Omer Bartov traces the impact of people's armies from Napoleon to the First World War and beyond.