The train journey from Montreal to Vancouver was certainly a trek, but in first class one couldn’t very well complain about the length of...

“Ever since I left your mountain sides, my greatest desire has been to return and live among you...” Alphonse de Lamartine once wrote. In...

Outside the courtroom, the photographers snapped incessantly at the man being escorted in by the police, the white lights flashing from...

“What has become of the Harlem of the 1920s, the place that was all jazz clubs, nightlife and soul? People say it’s been going to ruin...

Emily was getting impatient. Today was her favourite day of the year: Christmas Eve, the day she was allowed to pick out a gift from the...

All week long, Ethan busied himself writing horrible stories. They were filled with scenes of murder, torture, robberies and all manner...

The first-year students at the Blassac School for Boys stood up as the master entered the classroom and sat behind his desk. He was in a...

21 June 1940 Pétain is now president. Paris is occupied. Will General de Gaulle’s call to arms change anything? Andrei and his network...

“My dear son,   Even though you are a man now, and you are far away from me and no longer need your dear mama, you will always be my...

“Dear Mama,   As you can see, I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve been in Marseille for four months now; the time has flown by. I’ve had so...

The sun was rising over Livorno, a city devastated by the war. The fishermen emerged from their houses armed with nets and buckets. The...

Hannah was tired to her bones. This was her fifth day aboard the SS Red Line , of being tossed upon the waves as the ship made its way to...

Looking fine and ready to find me a woman, Mike thought to himself as he did up his tie. Ain’t an old man yet; still got plenty of living...

My name is César. I was born and raised in Marseille. My father was a fisherman like my grandfather before him, and that’s about all I...

“Coloured folks to the back!” ordered the driver of Louisiana State bus line number 33. Larry and Jimmy entered by the back like they...

The morning sun had not yet risen over the US Capitol building. The Statue of Freedom looks east in the dim light, awaiting the dawn. She...

The streets of New York were frozen white on this harsh December morning: Christmas was coming, and the city was dotted with wreaths. The...

The Opera lights go down; the conversation stops. The Parisian crowd basks in the silence before the performance begins — a silence...

After their walk in the Tuileries gardens, Marthe and Isabelle sat themselves down at a café on the Rue de Rivoli to enjoy a lemonade and...

John dreamed of living in San Francisco; he dreamed of new life and liberty; he dreamed much too often for his own liking. That was why,...