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Armenia: tragedy and hope

2022-12-03T06:44:20.695Z


LE FIGARO HISTOIRE - At a time when Armenia is more threatened than ever, Le Figaro Histoire explores its history nearly three thousand years in a special file.


"Trade grand history for better geostrategic location"

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Armenia could adopt this formula.

At the time of the clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh,

Le Figaro Histoire

devotes an exceptional file to this country almost three thousand years old.

To understand the dilemma that Armenia faces, the best specialists explore its history since its appearance in the 6th century BC.

AD until the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.

They decipher the brilliant culture of the first nation to have adopted Christianity, retrace the rich hours of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia, whose last sovereign was a Frenchman, Léon de Lusignan, and bring to life the heroic epic of Musa Dagh in 1915, one of the many milestones that closely unite Armenia and France.

At the heart of the news,

Le Figaro Histoire

conducted an investigation into the creation of fiction inspired by history, on the occasion of the release of the film

Vaincre ou mort

, dedicated to the Vendée chef Charette and produced by Puy du Crazy, and Françoise Chandernagor's novel,

Le Jardin de ashes

, which resurrects Séléné, daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antoine.

On the report side, it takes you to 18th century Prague, in the footsteps of Mozart and Casanova, and opens the doors of Madame Du Barry's apartments, among the most secret of the Palace of Versailles.

Cover of

Figaro Histoire

, December 2022-January 2023 Ryumin Alexander/Tass/ABACA

  • “Armenia, tragedy and hope”, 132 pages, €8.90, available on newsstands and on the Figaro Store.

Source: lefigaro

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