Père-Lachaise Chronicle – l’édition Robert – a Danse Macabre

Phantasmagoria and again a bit of a Danse Macabre. Unless you have a guide like David Downie or very specific interest, chances are that on your visit to Père-Lachaise you will overlook the very interesting and very curious tomb of the …

Père-Lachaise Chronicle – l’édition Kardec – Science or spirits?

In the first éditions of the Père-Lachaise Chronicle, I reported on the lives of the two men whose monuments in death, it seemed to me, exceeded their achievements in life – albeit for two quite different reasons. The coming stories …

Père-Lachaise Chronicle – Victor Noir – more famous in death than in life

If you didn’t know that Molière was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin before visiting his cenotaph in Père-Lachaise, you’d at least have some idea from reading the marker. I point this out because if you visit the grave site …