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Articles with keyword "France"

Image of Tres de Mayo (1814) by Francisco de Goya

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The Spanish Ulcer

Napoleon, Britain, and the Siege of Cádiz.

Moliere dining with Louis XIV

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Burying Molière

How the French Revolution reappropriated the favored playwright of Louis XIV.

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Hey, Who You Callin' A Jacobin?

First of all, they are not even French. Second, they’re hardly household names.

Building the Panama Canal

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Digging Across Panama

The Americans triumphed over yellow fever, landslides, and worker strikes to change the earth's landscape.