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Francis J. Murphy

Francis J. Murphy, a specialist in the history of modern France, taught at Boston College for more than thirty years. Among his many publications are several articles and two books concerning Père Jacques, including a biography, Père Jacques: Resplendent in Victory.

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Au revoir les enfants: Père Jacques and the Petit-Collège d’Avon
The site of Louis Malle’s film Au revoir les enfants was the Petit-Collège d’Avon, a residential prep school located on the grounds of the Carmelite monastery abutting the park of the fabled French palace of Fontainebleau. Malle attended this sc…

By Francis J. Murphy

Essays— Mar 15, 2011