Be it Dreyfus or former prime minister Leon Blum, the history of French Jews was the history of France, Sebbag explained, and the history of France was the history of French Jews -- In his eyes ...

Most of them agree with Philosopher-Sociologist Alfred Fouillée (1838-1912) that without the elite, “there is no more France; France is reduced to the level of those people who have no history.” ...

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Distilling 2,000 years’ worth of history in a 255-page book that ends with an image of Zinedine Zidane at the Olympics is no mean feat. Jones’ book should appeal to both philistines and experts: it ...