Author: Carol A. Seidl
Historic Treasure, Memoirs of a 19th-Century Breton Peasant
Revolutionary Lafayette Through Eyes of a 21st-Century Translator

This summer I’m featuring a few guest posts from fellow francophile bloggers. Below you’ll find an interview that centers on the remarkable life of the Marquis de La Fayette. Known in the United States as Lafayette, the young French marquis played a pivotal role in helping America defeat the British…
Visiting the Louvre through the Eyes of Outstanding Cartoonists
A Magnificent Stroll in the Parc Floral de Paris
Hidden Treasure: Watercolors from My Father’s College Days

For decades, my parent’s basement was the source of many chuckles, curses, and quandaries, along with considerable consternation. My mother, an only child, and my father, the only surviving child, seemed to have inherited not only their own parents’ belongings but also those of many of their grandparents, aunts, and…