By the second French Revolution of 1830, revolutionaries had damaged the cathedral so badly that Parisian authorities considered demolishing the building. That is, until a writer stepped in.

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

Louis, like the monarchs before him, had spent vast fortunes on foreign wars but he hadn’t noticed the revolution brewing on his doorstep. France was almost bankrupt but the people who mostly ...

Welcome to January 21st, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across the globe. Before we delve deeper into more ...

The tragic tale of Marie Antoinette’s death during the French Revolution is the stuff of legend ... Madame la Dauphine. In 1830, Marie Thérèse technically did achieve the title of Queen ...