Content tagged with "france"

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History
Book Review
September 10, 2024
665

“In microcosm, this is the story of a single event – a fashion show outside Paris in 1973 that was over in about three hours. But if you take a longer view, it’s a story of the history of fashion to that point, and its intersection with race in America. The Palace of Versailles is where the last…”

The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
Book Review
December 26, 2022
248

“I struggled with this book. I didn’t finish it, but I tried. I even tried to go back and read it in pieces. In fact, I kept it on my reading table for a week, picking it up over and over and try and make some sense of it. Here’s a problem – it was written in French and translated. I feel like…”

The Seine: The River that Made Paris
Deane’s Library
Book Review
May 13, 2021
350

“This is a wonderful book, more for the format than the topic. First, the topic – it’s about a river. The Seine starts in southern France and flow northward through Paris to the English Channel. The book is all about this river. But it’s the format I loved. The author came up with chapters that each…”