France An Adventure History

An authoritative history of the French nation that can be read for novelistic pleasure, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Discovery of France and Parisians. This is a ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative book about France over thousands of years. Philip Hensher, The SpectatorFrance: An Adventure History is a profoundly original and endlessly entertaining history of France, from the first century BC to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending with the Gilets Jaunes protests in the era of Emmanuel Macron, each chapter is an adventure in its own right. Along the way, readers will find the usual faces, events and themes of French history - Louis XIV, the French Revolution, the French Résistance, the Tour de France - but all presented in a shining new light. Graham Robb does not offer a standard dry list of facts and dates, but instead a panorama of France, teeming with characters, full of stories, journeys and coincidences, giving readers a thrilling sense of discovery and enlightenment. France: An Adventure History is a vivid, living history of one of the world's most fascinating nations by a ceaselessly entertaining writer in complete command of subject and style.

ISBN:	9781529007626
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Imprint:	Picador
Published date:	17 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	944
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	527 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	1308g
Height:	165mm
Width:	243mm
Spine width:	59mm

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