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...France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane) Marshal Pétain’s trial in 1945 — in which he was convicted for treason — becomes a lens through which to consider 20th-century French...
...In 1926, the statue was moved to a more distant location and in 1941 melted down by Marshal Pétain’s Vichy government....
...L’Europe, c’est moi Emmanuel Macron has left no doubt that he wants to lead a Europe with more swagger in its step as he takes over the EU’s rotating presidency, writes Sam Fleming in Paris....
...But she gives us a different cast of characters than the usual herd of galloping marshals — Ney, Murat, Davout and the rest....
...It showed how billionaire Bernard Arnault, who built LVMH into a luxury giant and France’s biggest company, can marshal resources quickly and draw upon informal yet powerful networks of influence....
...His father, who during the war had joined the resistance in London against the collaborationist government of Marshal Pétain, threw in the towel....
...That distinction should probably fall to E L de Mole, an Australian who approached the British war office in 1912 with a design that was — in the words of historians Kenneth Macksey and John Batchelor —...
...Mr Low is identified in the court filing as the chief executive officer of Jynwel Capital, which owns 100 per cent of L’Ermitage....
...Then stately, plump Beau Bridges appears, a corrupt federal marshal resembling a gone-to-girth Timothy Spall, and the story starts....
...The chefs work their way up to run every section and eventually are left to marshal an entire shift. If they do leave to do their own thing “they’re really set up”....
...The would-be conqueror, in this case Lord Levene, chairman of the investment vehicle, marshals his forces beneath the battlements....
...The 84-year-old L.K- Advani still considers himself the party head, alongside parliamentary leaders Sushma Swaraj and Mr Jaitley....
...In his full-blooded and meticulously researched history of French cultural life during the occupation, Alan Riding notes that Marshal Pétain’s Vichy government, responsible for national cultural institutions...
...This sparked a battle between mega-dealer Larry Gagosian and the New York gallery L&M Arts, won by Gagosian at $48.8m, well over its $25m-$35m estimate (estimates do not include commission; results do)....
...Pittard marshals a Greek chorus of narrators to moving effect....
...A lot including the Madoffs’ engraved stationary and pens and Post-It notes printed with “Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities” is estimated to sell for $90 to $100....
...But the total recouped will fall far short of the $64.8bn that investors thought they had in their accounts with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities at the end of last year....
...Quiggin is a writer of great verve who marshals some powerful evidence....
...At 8am last Friday, Gordon Brown was at the Group of Eight rich nations summit in L’Aquila, Italy, preparing for a bilateral meeting with Libyan leader Colonel Muammer Gaddafi....
...Meanwhile, investigators continued to comb through records at the offices of Bernard L....
...But British suspicion about what France calls l’Europe de la défense remains strong....
...The Saint-Cyr military school was initially located at Fontainebleau but was soon moved to Saint-Cyr-L’École, near Versailles....
...For example, homard à l’americaine, boeuf à la bordelaise are correct, while Homard à l’Americaine and Boeuf à la Bordelaise are incorrect. Quiche Lorraine is marginal....
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