Victory for the Democrats in Alabama
The State of Alabama has said No to Roy Moore and its ultra-conservative agenda. Even though I knew Alabama, on of the most conservative...
De Gaulle and the ‘debt of Louis XV’
Following the release of my latest book on De Gaulle's 1967 visit to Canada, I decided to add the article I posted on my Facebook Olivier...
Is Donald Trump mad?
Ever since Donald Trump declared himself candidate to the U.S. presidency, psychologists and psychiatrists have debated over his state of...
In the shadow of Marie-Antoinette
Hidden by the splendors of Versailles are the pleasures of the Queen's Petit Trianon hideaway In the 18th century, without a carriage,...
The U.S.- Israel "special relationship": has it always been an established fact?
Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday has been met with reservations - an understatement! Only the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin...
The history behind "Marie-Antoinette à la rose" by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1783)
Marie-Antoinette dressed in a Gaulle by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, 1783. Breaking with tradition and in tune with the return-to-nature...
Marie-Antoinette: a passion that goes way back...
I have often been asked what triggered my passion for Marie-Antoinette. It actually began the day my dad took me to my very first...
