In 1870, France went to war with a smaller, seemingly inferior power — Prussia. Yet what followed was one of the most ...

Owen White is a historian of imperialism and colonialism with a particular interest in modern France and its empire. He grew up in the U.K., receiving his B.A. from the University of Exeter and his ...

Since Japan took advantage of the French collapse to impose “inspectors” on French Indo-China and prevent munitions shipments to China (TIME, July 1), Tokyo has assumed that France’s prize Asiatic ...

One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its ...

This short tells a story about what would happen if France tried to bring back the French Empire? With France wanting to ...

Furniture styles before the 20th century are often named after the rulers or governments of the time. Here in the United States, we have furniture periods like William and Mary, Federal, and Victorian ...

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"The Prince of Darkness must be removed from the face of the Earth." ARP Selection in France has revealed the first look official trailer for a sci-fi epic called L'Empire, which translates to The ...

"The gendarmes on it." "Humans are useless." Kino Lorber has finally revealed an official US trailer for The Empire, the strange French sci-fi film from filmmaker Bruno Dumont. After first being ...