PARIS — Ribald and X-rated, a French national library exhibit is banned to anyone under 16. The exhibit offers a peek at France’s long-secret library of libido where, starting in the 1830s, librarians ...

The manuscript given to France's national library Thursday begins simply, yet seductively: "The story of Jacques Casanova ... written by himself." "Himself" is the 18th century lothario, spy, writer ...

PARISPARIS — A letter by 17th century French philosopher Rene Descartes that languished unnoticed in a U.S. college library for more than a century has been restored to France. The president of ...

LONDON — It’s billed as the world’s largest library of film-related books, comprising some 3,000 titles. Given that so many of them deal with American films and that Westerns constitute the single ...

The name "Casanova" is an international synonym for lover, and the viewing public will soon be able to see why. The original manuscript of Giovanni Giacomo Casanova's memoirs — a work that shocked ...

PARIS -- It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand. The single manuscript page, long hidden in a provincial French library, has been verified as the work of Mozart, the ...

KENNETT SQUARE — On Saturday, July 8, Kennett Library will host a celebratory toast in honor of books donated to create a French collection. This donation is made possible by the generous support of ...

In his eulogy to the American volunteers fallen for France during World War I, the poet Alan Seeger wrote: “They brought fresh hearts … to that high mission. Yet sought they neither recompense nor ...

A French museum has found a previously unknown piece of music handwritten by Mozart, a researcher said Thursday. The 18th century melody sketch is missing the harmony and instrumentation but was ...