France

Instrument of murder or humane method of execution ? My aunt once told me she had touched THE guillotine, we listened in awe. We had read about it, saw drawings and pictures in our history books. The revolution was bathed in the blood of this dark machine...

France for many centuries was more akin to America's melting pot than anything resembling multiculturalism. ... According the demographic experts, without immigration, France would not be populated by 60 million but merely 48. In fact, 25 % of the population is either an immigrant, or has ancestors who recently came to ...

In the American Republic, the ubiquitous phrase "American People" peppers every political discourse from Democrats or Republicans. In France, politicians sometimes refer to the "Français", but more frequently refer to the Republic (La République). Abstraction has its reasons.

There wasn't a week that went by when I was growing up during which there wasn't a movie about World War II. This was back in the one channel universe, late seventies early eighties. Many American movies, but a large number of French movies too, even comedies based in WW II. ...

My experience as a student in Bordeaux.

Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleone Bonaparte), born on August 15,1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica is one of France's most famous historical figures.

What about the educational system in France, can we compare it to the United States?
It is practically impossible to compare both systems without fully understanding the radical differences in societal values that come into play.

I have noticed, over time, that most people selling French coins and French furniture tend to get their Louis mixed up! History can sometimes be confusing and French history is no exception, especially when you try to remember the correct succession of French kings. So here are a few pointers.

From afar the Cathedral towers above this town. The town that surrounds this gothic masterpiece is quaint and picturesque. Limestone houses line tortuous streets built in medieval times

All students of history know that France had once vast colonies in North America. Even today, more than four hundred and fifty years after Jacques Cartier's voyage, France's tricolour still floats on a group of small islands south of Newfoundland!