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Summer Reading from Emma B.: Summer Reading from Emma B.

Robin Maxwell

By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1] Looking for a good book? …… Read More
A Throne Fit for a Courtesan: A Throne Fit for a Courtesan

Cara Wilson

By Catherine Hewitt (Guest Contributor) Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was one of 19th-century Par… Read More
Civilization in Every Pot: Civilization in Every Pot

Michael Garval

By Michael Garval (Regular Contributor) It’s said that beloved French Renaissance king Henri IV p… Read More
The Chameleon in the Classroom: The Chameleon in the Classroom

Helen King

By Helen King (Monthly Contributor) This is a story of illness and magic from the fourth century… Read More
A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters: A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters

Raquelle Bostow

By Susan Rubin Suleiman (Guest Contributor) Fall is the season for the big literary prizes in Fra… Read More

Chaucer’s Room

November 27, 2014 By Jared Eckman

The Strange Journey of Niccolò Paganini’s Corpse

November 26, 2014 By Jack El-Hai

Barclay de Tolly: Traitorous Foreigner or Hero of 1812?

November 25, 2014 By April Stevens

Rabindranath Tagore: Poet, Nobel Laureate, Indian Nationalist (Sort-of)

November 24, 2014 By PamelaToler

Samuel de Champlain’s Thanksgiving Feasts, French Style

November 23, 2014 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

Teaching Cryptography, Writing History

November 21, 2014 By Derek Bruff

Fialka: The Bigger, Better, Russian Enigma

November 21, 2014 By Jared Eckman

347 if by Land, 588 if by Sea: The Story of the Culper Spy Ring

November 20, 2014 By Marianna Sharp

Rongorongo: The Key to Future Cryptography

November 20, 2014 By Elizabeth Winter