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Marie Antoinette
The teenage queen, now the subject of a new movie, was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")
November 2006 |
By Richard Covington
Paris, Mon Amour
For photographer Robert Doisneau, finding an openly affectionate couple in the City of Light was as easy as falling in love
July 2005 |
By Rudolph Chelminski
Toulouse-Lautrec
The fin de sià¨cle artist who captured Paris' cabarets and dance halls is drawing huge crowds to a new exhibition at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art
May 2005 |
By Paul Trachtman
Haute Tomato
I can forgive the French for almost anything. Except dessert
July 2003 |
By Edith Pearlman
Fare-Minded Arbiter
Quelle surprise! Englishman Derek Brown presides over France's prestigious Michelin guide to haute cuisine
March 2003 |
By Rudy Chelminski
Renaissance of the Gardens of Versailles
After violent storms destroyed thousands of trees in 1999, fears of disaster eased when the cleanup revealed panoramas unseen for centuries, fitting neatly into a 25-year restoration plan
July 2001 |
By Richard Covington
