For all its transgressive subtext, Laurencin’s oeuvre was commercially and critically celebrated in her lifetime.

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

Champagne has long been the drink of life’s biggest milestones, from weddings and graduations to birthdays and anniversaries.

After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...