Marianne who? »
By fpoete on Oct 14, 2011 in France | Comments Off
Looking for an icon
I have to say that I had trouble finding a “national icon” for France. Looking at French history, several names come to mind: Jeanne d’Arc (but she is used in a political way by the far-right nowadays), Napoleon (but he was also a bit of a dictator), De Gaulle (but he’s closer [...]