"Only history has no end," wrote Baudelaire. And that's true. Since its expression, it stretches and continues to write itself. The pages are turned and the story of the life of the world is read according to events.
Sometimes a few letters or an expression are enough to revive the soul of an era. The word Cambronne, for example, awakens the ghosts of the battle of Waterloo. "I'm there, I'm staying there" dates from the Crimean War. Finally, the formula "beautiful minds meet" dates back to the 18th century.
In a fascinating book entitled Touring the Grand Dukes and 99 other expressions inherited from the history of France , (First), Hélène de Champchesnel returns to these expressions which tell pages of our country. Will you recognize them?