Abolition of slavery in Revolutionary France

 In The Conversation , 28th May: Jeremy D. Popkin discusses his new book, The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France, published by Princeton University Press. Professor Popkin's book is to be released in the U.K. on 16th June.

Noble beasts: hunting in 18th-century French art (book)

 Noble Beast: Hunters and Hunted in Eighteenth-Century French Art by Amy Freund is published by Yale University Press, in UK on 9th May