French Favorites

As an author of historical fiction, I strive to include unique details that immerse readers in the lives of people who lived long ago. And the unexpected consequences of fashion details are the most fun, intriguing, and engaging. Here are…

Musée Carnavalet is dedicated to the history of the city and offers one of the most important collections on the French Revolution.

We have Napoleon to thank for Canal Saint-Martin. Today, after traditional Sunday family luncheons, many Parisians take une croisière, a leisurely cruise on this idyllic waterway.

Trumpeting melodies, whispering trills, cascading sharps and flats lure Parisians, tourists, even non-music lovers to Saint-Sulpice, the second largest House of God in Pairs. 

Just a block from the Paris Opéra Garnier, Le Musée du Parfum occupies an 1850 townhouse decorated in much the same Rococo style of the painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, for whom the company is named.

Born in the poorest quartier in Paris, Henri struggled to survive beneath the shadow of the Bastille.

I had traveled to Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, a medieval village sheltered between the limestone cliffs of a river gorge in the southwest of France.