Victor hugo

This month in history – December 10, 50 and 100 years ago in France

We look back at important events that happened in December 2012, 1972 and 1922

Hugo home is anything but Misérable

Hauteville House, Victor Hugo’s home on Guernsey, has been reopened to the public after an extensive one-year restoration designed to return the house to the way it looked when the author wrote Les Misérables there.

Victor Hugo’s ‘work of art’ on Guernsey to get revamp

When Victor Hugo, writer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, was exiled from France he spent 15 years in Hauteville House, Guernsey, where he wrote Les Misérables. It is now a Hugo museum but needs renovation and, Mark Hayes says, funds

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French wine production faces sharp decline
Man fatally shot while taking part in hunt in Dordogne

Victor hugo

This month in history – December 10, 50 and 100 years ago in France

Hugo home is anything but Misérable

Victor Hugo’s ‘work of art’ on Guernsey to get revamp

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‘Contribution citoyenne’: What is this new residents' charge proposed by French mayors?

How much does a house cost in ‘the healthiest department’ in France?

What do the different number plate colours of cars mean in France?

What the new red lines on these French motorways mean

Website shares list of cars acting as speed cameras in France

French wine production faces sharp decline

Man fatally shot while taking part in hunt in Dordogne