It first appeared in "Maximes et pensées de Napoléon" by French author Honoré de Balzac. The book, published in 1838, 23 years after Napoleon's death in exile, is a compilation of aphorisms ...

I didn’t become fluent in French at university, but I researched the representations of monasteries in the works of French novelists Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and Honoré de Balzac. I still feel these ...

An event is taking place at the Scottish Parliament to highlight the work of Hugh MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank Charitable Trust. The organisers ...

It’s been just over two months since Caulfield’s Wine Bar opened its doors at 7413 W. Greenfield Ave. in the former home of ...

Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...

Brisbane author James Tolcher is set to release his second book following the success of the 2023 hit, Poof. His latest ...

It originally appeared in 'Maximes et pensées de Napoléon', a book by French author Honore de Balzac, published in 1838—17 years after Napoleon's exile and death. In the book, Maxim 97 states in ...

Rooting around in the basement of a Camden library a couple of decades ago I came across a set of shelves buckling under the weight of the handsome Caxton edition of Balzac’s Comédie humaine, ...

[Read more] The Maison de Balzac, home of the famous writer ... an artistic plunge into the world of the famous author The Maison de Victor Hugo is tucked away on the Place des Vosges in the ...