As early as 1955, a French magazine spoke of 'Our Gestapo in Algeria' but, at peace accords signed in 1962, both the Algerian FLN and the French Republic agreed to draw a line under these excesses.
("When the World Spoke French" originally appeared in 2001 as "Quand l'Europe Parlait Français").
With his magisterial study, "When the World Spoke French," Marc Fumaroli harks back to a time when the situation was exactly the reverse.
Something she still held against the vieja, against the whole D.R. Spoke impeccable French and used it every chance she got, always made a show of reading thick-ass French novels like "La Cousine Bette," and that was what she wanted once her studies were over: to move to Paris, work for the U.N., read French books in a café.
At the behest of their mother, Marie and her sisters were taught French, which they detested and rarely ever spoke.
I spent last week on a junket in Paris, paid for by the French government, visiting the various hubs and spokes of the burgeoning French startup scene.
So add in fluffy pancakes, seared steak and eggs sunny-side-up, smoked salmon layered with avocado on seven-grain, and French toast stuffed with Hatfield ham and Five Spoke Creamery Tumbleweed cheese.
There were playful twists on French standards: perfectly seared foie gras came with spokes of crisp bacon, a tangle of sweet onions and a blast of barbecue sauce.
Haneke is fluent and diverse in conversation we spoke in a mixed Euro-salad of French, English, and German and this was the only anecdote to which he returned, as though unable to shake off a persistent ache.
Later the French introduced the wheel farthingale, which was drum-shaped with radiating spokes on top.
