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Norman cavalry charge the enemy in this detail from the Bayeux Tapestry. Debate rages over the pros and cons of the tapestry leaving France for the first time in more than 900 years. (Photo by Photo 12/Getty Images)
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Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain?

Napoleon Bonaparte of France. (Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images)
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Bad manners and a game of thrones: inside the court of Napoleon Bonaparte

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A quick history of France . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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John Julius Norwich pictured at the Oxford Literary Festival in 2014. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
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Books interview with John Julius Norwich: “Most British people know practically nothing about French history” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spring Offensive, 1918. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Germany’s final gamble

British 40th Division tanks transporting captured German guns from the battle of Cambrai. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
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5 tanks that changed the course of the First World War

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The World Cup story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Notre Dame and Paris, France
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The Library My favourite place: Paris, France

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Journey’s End: behind the scenes of the new First World War film . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Paris, France

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The story of the Bayeux Tapestry . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A scene depicted on the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.
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Bayeux Tapestry to be loaned to the UK: historians react . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: the Camargue, France

The Carbonniere near Aigues Mortes, Saint Laurent d'Aigouze, Gard,White horses in the Camargue, France
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My favourite place: the Camargue, France

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Friends or enemies? Anglo-French relations . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.