Rediffusion - Romain Gary, l'aventurier

Son incroyable talent, ses écrits innombrables, son immense popularité et ses projets d’envergure, tout chez Alexandre Dumas montre combien il fut un insatiable homme d’exception. 

Son oeuvre a longtemps été réduite au Portrait de Dorian Gray, son unique roman ainsi qu'à L'importance d'être Constant. Sa vie quant à elle a été réduite au basculement qui, en quelques semaines, fit de l’écrivain et du critique star de la vie culturelle londonienne un détenu mi ... Show More

L’écrivain doit sa célébrité à ses contes, à quelques intrigues policières et à quelques poèmes dont le fameux Corbeau. On en a fait l’un des pères de la littérature fantastique et du genre policier. Il fut en fait un auteur éclectique et l’étendue de son génie demeure encore méc ... Show More

We all know the name of Alexander the Great, but his father Philip the One-Eye was no less important a historical figure. In just 20 years, he turned Macedonia into the preeminent power in the Greek world, laying the foundation for the much better-known exploits of his son and he ... Show More

​Éric Giacometti et Jacques Ravenne, célèbres pour leurs romans coécrits mêlant ésotérisme et histoire, ont choisi de publier séparément en 2025 pour célébrer les 20 ans de leur collaboration. Chacun a ainsi exploré son univers de prédilection : Giacometti avec Les Éveillées, un ... Show More

When we think of the rise of Rome, our usual image is one of conquest: Roman armies marching out year after year to subdue their adversaries. But Professor Nicola Terrenato has an alternative way of understanding that process, one rooted in negotiation, the relationships and netw ... Show More

Carthage spent most of the fifth century BC building up its economy, but in the aftermath of the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily, the Carthaginians decided that the time was ripe to create a new Mediterranean empire.Patrick's book is now available! Get The Verge: Reforma ... Show More

Philip of Macedonia was a towering figure, and if he had been succeeded by anyone other than Alexander the Great, he would be far better known today. But in 336 BC, at the peak of his powers, Philip was assassinated, and it became Alexander's kingdom to expand. He would do so bey ... Show More

For most of the history of ancient Greece, Macedonia was a backwater: a semi-barbarian kingdom on the fringes of the Greek world, only tangentially involved in the dealings of the sophisticated city-states to the south. But with the rise of King Philip II, father of Alexander the ... Show More

Omar went from being an investment banker to adventuring around the world. He’s been on adventures climbing the highest mountains in the world, attempting to row across the Atlantic Ocean, skiing in the North and South Poles, and a lot more, like starting his travel and adventure ... Show More

Sean Illing speaks with one of his heroes: Werner Herzog.Herzog is a filmmaker, poet, and author of the memoir Every Man for Himself and God Against All. The two discuss "ecstatic truth," a term invented by Herzog to capture what he's really after in his work, why he's interested ... Show More

Carthage is known mostly as Rome's great rival, but it was a fascinating and meaningful Mediterranean civilization in its own right. Today, we track the rise of Carthage from its foundation as a Phoenician colony to the cusp of imperial ambitions in the Mediterranean around 500 B ... Show More