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The French Riviera: A History
Michael Nelson
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Description for The French Riviera: A History
Paperback. The French Riviera: A History ranges from the Terra Amata in Nice, occupied from 380,000 years ago and one of the oldest inhabited prehistoric sites in the world, through to settlement by Greeks, Romans, Franks, Ostrogoths and Visigoths, wars and revolutions, to the establishment of the Silicon Valley of France in Sophia-Antipolis in 1974. Num Pages: 128 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
The French Riviera: A History ranges from the Terra Amata in Nice, occupied from 380,000 years ago and one of the oldest inhabited prehistoric sites in the world, through to settlement by Greeks, Romans, Franks, Ostrogoths and Visigoths, wars and revolutions, to the establishment of the Silicon Valley of France in Sophia-Antipolis in 1974. Michael Nelson shows the surprisingly cosmopolitan nature of the area in the early middle ages, such as the story of the finishing school run by Frankish kings in the 7th century where Siagrius, the ruler of the region, had studied and where the son of King ... Read more
The French Riviera: A History ranges from the Terra Amata in Nice, occupied from 380,000 years ago and one of the oldest inhabited prehistoric sites in the world, through to settlement by Greeks, Romans, Franks, Ostrogoths and Visigoths, wars and revolutions, to the establishment of the Silicon Valley of France in Sophia-Antipolis in 1974. Michael Nelson shows the surprisingly cosmopolitan nature of the area in the early middle ages, such as the story of the finishing school run by Frankish kings in the 7th century where Siagrius, the ruler of the region, had studied and where the son of King ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Leicester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785898334
SKU
V9781785898334
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Ref
99-6
About Michael Nelson
Michael Nelson was General Manager of Reuters. He read modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford. He lives in London and on the French Riviera. He has written two other books on the Riviera: Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera and Americans and the Making of the Riviera.
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