On August 25th, 1944—the day Paris was liberated—General de Gaulle delivered one of the most important speeches in the history of modern France. Its conclusion: “We, who have lived the greatest hours ...

After years of futility at the international stage — best exemplified by absences in the 1970, 1974, 1990 and 1994 World Cups — France has emerged as a power player in world soccer over the past two ...

Graham Robb writes history on two wheels and in four dimensions. Almost 30,000 miles of “gentle cycling for weeks on end” have fed his delightfully off-center books about the French past and the ...