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The Discovery of France

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Description for The Discovery of France Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
With an introduction by Colm Toibin. Ten years ago, I began to explore the country on which I was supposed to be an authority . . . France is a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers, its fashion, food and wine. And yet the notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively recent and - historically speaking - quite misleading. In order to discover the 'real' past of France, Graham Robb realized it was not only necessary to go back in time, but also to go at a slower pace ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Picador Classic
Condition
New
Weight
430g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509803484
SKU
V9781509803484
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About Graham Robb
Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His 2007 book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Medaille de la Ville de ... Read more

Reviews for The Discovery of France
Elegant, entertaining and occasionally brilliant . . . As this book powerfully demonstrates, French history is nothing if not built on paradox and contradiction. Most importantly, Robb reminds us why France still matters.
Observer
Writing with humour but without condescension, with understanding but without naivety, Robb brilliantly reconstructs a world we have lost. There is hardly a page ... Read more

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