“Secrecy is the soul of the Compagnie.” – La Compagnie statutes Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. Happy New Year! I can’t wait to share another year of stories with all of you. To kick things off,
“The yule-log sparkled keen with frost, No wing of wind the region swept, But over all things brooding slept The quiet sense of something lost.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons.
“omg.” – me, December 2016 Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. After coming back from a long holiday, I checked my download stats and realized I’d just passed an amazing milestone: 100,000 downloads!! I’m blown away, considering this show
“Long live the Republic! Long live the truth!” – Alfred Dreyfus, 1899 Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. This week we conclude our series on The Dreyfus Affair: one of the most definitive moments in
“The dawn of justice was rising for me.” – Alfred Dreyfus, 1899 Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. This week we continue our series on The Dreyfus Affair: one of the most definitive moments in
“All men interested – that is, all lovers of truth and justice throughout the world – held their breath, and waited.” – George Barlow, 1898 Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. This week we continue
“My duty is to speak out!” – Emile Zola, J’Accuse!, 1898 Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. This week we continue our series on The Dreyfus Affair: one of the most definitive moments in French history.
“Fear! That is their political means. They engender it, they inoculate it, and, once they’ve frightened a certain class of citizens, they present themselves as saviors” – Leon Gambetta Welcome back to The Land of Desire, a French history podcast dedicated to exploring all the weird adventures, mysteries and surprising backstories behind French cultural icons. This
