Hidden deep in the French countryside, we discovered an abandoned 18th-century monastery with an incredible secret—it was used as a hospital during World War II. Walk with us through grand stone ...

More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors ... they provided a rare insight into the personal lives of people in 18th-century France. “It is really difficult to get to the emotional ...

In the 18th century, people only had letters ... American colonies when England tried to expand into territory the French had already claimed. (Fun fact: A 22-year-old George Washington led ...

Scores of French love letters from the mid-18th century have been opened and studied ... But they contain the words of common people rather than aristocrats, Morieux says – voices often missing ...

Imagine, it’s the French Revolution and the outspoken 18th century feminist writer Olympe de Gouges, Charlotte Corday who ...

This is a story that’s been crushed under the brutal wheel of history, war and racism, and the film, “Chevalier,” about the 18th century ... in the French Revolution to include people ...

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times That legacy can be traced to the 18th century French watchmaker Jean ... closed entirely in the late 1920s. Few people, other than watch historians and ...