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Jardin des Cinq Sens: Yvoire’s magical lakeside garden
A brief history of a special French medieval garden on the banks of Lake Geneva in Haute-Savoie
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‘Village of cats’ in southern France is inspired by an old legend
Story of a young girl and her kittens has influenced the architecture of La Romieu, classified one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France
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When and why do we say c'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille?
Marseille, a ship, a very big sardine, and a stereotype
The Rare Earth Exchange
The Rare Earth Exchange, Bernard Besson, Le French Book, $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939474-62-9
AN AIRBUS landing at Orly, a fire breaks out, and suddenly a terrorist attack is claiming many lives as hundreds of thousands watch, horrified, on TV.Freelance intelligence agents John, Victoire and Luc are called in by counter-intelligence but not to help with the Orly massacre… the former president has been found hanged in his Paris flat and something is not right.We already know something has gone badly wrong as the ex-president had faked being on the destroyed Airbus and now someone has rigged his death.There is corruption at high levels, driven by the multi-millions to be made in trading rare resources for the high-tech industry – John, Victoire and Luc must get to the bottom of it.
