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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
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
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
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 Freedom to Travel & the Right to Vote: August 18, 1920

August 18, 2014 By Elizabeth Goldsmith

How I Write History…with François Furstenberg

August 17, 2014 By Miranda Nesler

Cabinet of Curiosities, vol. x

August 16, 2014 By Miranda Nesler

The Random Researcher: The Happiest of Hours

August 15, 2014 By Miranda Nesler

Tales of the Blockade Runners

August 14, 2014 By Karen Abbott

Origins of the “Secesh Cleopatra”

August 13, 2014 By Karen Abbott

The Duchess’s Shells

August 12, 2014 By Miranda Nesler

The King Must Die?: Favorite Plot-lines

August 11, 2014 By Helen King

How I Write History…with Marc Leepson

August 10, 2014 By Miranda Nesler