The Siege Tightens: A City Divided The morning of Tuesday, May 23, 1871, dawned bright and clear over Paris, belying […]
A City on the Brink In the bitter winter of 1871, Paris found herself trapped in one of history’s most […]
The Gathering Storm: Prelude to Famine In the autumn of 1870, Paris stood encircled by Prussian forces, a city once […]
The Dawn of Human Flight in France The story of manned flight begins not with the Wright brothers at Kitty […]
