france

"A memoir by a young woman who travels to France to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious and irrevocable estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the role of art and human expression at the dawn of the twenty-first century, tracing the history of art in order to form a new assessment of its meanings in the human story.

Presents an autobiographical account, through drawings, photos, and journal entries, of the author's trip with her mother to Paris, where she visited the Eiffel Tower, Oscar Wilde's grave, and a variety of caf?s while drinking delicious French milk.

Presents a critical narrative concerning American-born author and literary critic Henry James, his experiences in Paris in 1875, and his association with a select circle of writers.

A biography of the French political leader who was premier of France from 1936-1937.

Profiles the life and work of French artist Paul Cezanne and discusses how his work was influenced by the French culture of his time, what techniques he used, and how society viewed his art.

In 1793 when French Queen Marie-Antoinette was beheaded at the guillotine during the Revolution (King Louis XVI died before her), her eight-year old son, Louis-Charles, was imprisoned in the Temple Tower, along with his older sister, Marie-Therese. Both children were imprisoned for two years and while Marie- Therese survived, Louis-Charles, the boy king, did not. Once his parents were dead, no one saw him but those of the revolution who brought his food. This secrecy gave rise to rumors that he had somehow escaped. His death at the age of ten prompted an autopsy. One of the attending doctors removed his heart and secreted it from the prison in his pocket. For two hundred years this heart had many remarkable journeys. As imposters, who claimed they were the boy-king, came and went, the heart survived into the twenty-first century when DNA testing would at last reveal to the world who the real Louis-Charles was.

Tells of Thomas Jefferson's trip to France in 1784, and all the exotic foods he learned about and then introduced to America, including ice cream, macaroni and cheese, and tomatoes.