Robert Zaretsky teaches at the University of Houston. His latest book is “Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague.” In the month between French President Emmanuel Macron’s ...

Graham Robb writes history on two wheels and in four dimensions. Almost 30,000 miles of “gentle cycling for weeks on end” have fed his delightfully off-center books about the French past and the ...

The title of Colin Jones’ newest history book might also prove a fun dinner party game. How quickly can you summarise the history of France – say, how many key names can you rattle off in 60 seconds? ...