Passé Composite

By embracing diverse viewpoints, Passé Composé seeks to enrich historical debate and embody the dynamism of French and world historical thought. Based on its commitment to mediation, and keen to ensure that historians’ reflections resonate with the public, Passé Composé does not limit itself to addressing history specialists only. Therefore, our books will seek to make knowledge accessible to everyone, in particular by highlighting the dramatic side of history. The pleasure of reading will be our constant focus;Our authors, in addition to being historians, are also writers. Based on our commitment to excellence in content and production, we aim to present a new, authentic, and objective history, the only kind capable of quietly enriching debate and enriching the questions of the French people in the twenty-first century.