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Laura Spinney

Laura Spinney is a journalist and novelist based in France. She is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World (2017) and Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global (2025).

Stories from this author

Paul Rivet addresses a congress of the French Socialist Party on July 2, 1948.

The Museum Director Who Defied the Nazis

For years, Paul Rivet opposed the ideology fueling Hitler’s rise. Then he helped French fighters take the battle underground