France

A drawing depicting a German monoplane dropping bombs on Paris during the First World War

First World War

Creating fake Paris: how one man built a mock city to fool WW1 German bombers

Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

Why we should remember… How Chanel No 5 revolutionised the beauty business

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

First World War

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature

The Three Musketeers sitting at a table

The real three musketeers: the historical Athos, Porthos and Aramis (and d’Artagnan) revealed

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

The three French queens who inspired Anne Boleyn

A page from The Encomium, a flattering account of the reign of Cnut written in the early 1040s and commissioned by his mother Emma of Normandy to show her powerful position

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Pod Shannon Fogg WL

Second World War

Vichy France: everything you wanted to know

Illustration of King Louis IX.

A king of fire and light: Louis IX’s tangled legacy

A depiction of the French and Indian War, with George Washington on horseback

A guide to the Seven Years’ War

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Part nineteen in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1900–1949. (Image by Getty Images)

Turning points 1916: The long march to modernity . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of members of the Versailles Conference

First World War

Your guide to the Treaty of Versailles

Josephine Baker lounges on a tiger skin around the time she starred in La Revue Nègre

Singer, siren, activist, spy: the incredible life of Josephine Baker

Pod Emma Rothschild WL

A family history of France

The Bal des Ardents (the 'Ball of the Burning Men'), from 'The Chronicler of European Chivalry' by GG Coulton (London, 1930). The 1393 tragedy claimed the lives of four people. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&A What was the ‘Ball of the Burning Men’?