The Little Prince was his only self-illustrated book in fairy-tale form. Once it was published, he left the US for a Free French air base in North Africa. From there, the 44-year-old pilot flew combat ...

Saint-Exupéry finished The Little Prince in October 1942; it was published in the United States in early 1943, just as the author and pilot left the country to rejoin his squadron in Algiers.

“The Little Prince” was written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and first published in both French and English in the 1940s. One of the best-selling books in history, the novella follows ...

The tourbillon is the most ethereal of complications‭. ‬It wraps time in drama‭, ‬sheathing the escapement in a rotating cage that completes a delicate pirouette once every minute‭. ‬Originally ...