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Articles with keyword "Paris"

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Our Man in Paris

Benjamin Franklin's papers reveal how he wooed the French to win our war.

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Life as Art

Frolicking on the Cote D'Azur, Sara and Gerarld Murphy inspire artists of the avant-garde.

Court of Louis XVI

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American Arriviste

The eighteenth-century traveler, writer, and social climber John Ledyard joins Thomas Jefferson and a famed circle of expatriates in Paris.

Frenchman weeps as Germans occupy Paris

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Julien Green: The End of a World

As Germany occupied France, Green brought Paris to life in his superlative diaries.

French singer/songwriter Leo Ferre

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Liberating Experience

The music of protest

Couple in restaurant

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Interesting Mustard

The rise of the restaurant.

Stein in France with her longtime friend Bernard Faÿ

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The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein

Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?

Portrait of Gouverneur Morris

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Ungoverned Passion

Founding Father and ladies' man Gouverneur Morris flees revolutionary Paris to discover the delights of central Europe.

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Black Mozart

A Pennsylvania scholar brings new interest to the composer known as the Black Mozart.