Books by David Lawday
David Lawday was born in London, educated in Sussex and at Oxford, and was for many years correspondent of The Economist in Paris, Washington and Berlin. His books include Napoleon’s Master: A Life of Talleyrand, and Danton: Giant of the French Revolution. He lives in Paris, and has a French wife and two children.
Interviews with David Lawday
The Best Historical Fiction Set in France, recommended by David Lawday
Historical fiction offers us emotional insight into impactful historic events and an immersive sense of time and place, says David Lawday, the longtime Economist foreign correspondent and author of a new novel set during the Siege of Paris in 1870. Here he highlights five of the best historical novels set in France of centuries past.
