Her father, Patrice Higonnet, is a French historian who told his young daughter tales of the French Revolution as bedtime stories. Higonnet loved learning about her heritage, but she didn’t view ...

The Bastille Day parade in 2017 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris inspired Donald Trump to plan a military parade in Washington ...

The French Revolution (1789-1799) was one of the most transformative events in world history, altering the course of Europe and influencing political ideologies globally. Its origins can be traced to ...

July 14 is a date steeped in history, marked by moments that have shaped nations, inspired revolutions, and propelled ...

The French Revolution, which took place between 1789 and 1799, is one of the most significant events in the world.

Thousands of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress and prison, in Paris on 1789. The Bastille symbolised the ...

Read It From Thomas Carlyle’s gripping history to Charles Dickens’ enduring tragedy and the rise of literary superheroes, the ...

Here is the list of the four important figures in Bastille Day history: ...

France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the hub of the Enlightenment. But the country was to be transformed and engulfed ...

The storming of the Bastille this week (July 14) in 1788 heralded the French Revolution, but why did the French people rebel against King Louis XVI, an inoffensive, even well-meaning ...