Beginning with the Roman army’s first recorded encounter with the
Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes
readers on an endlessly entertaining journey through French
history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb’s
France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with the
deep understanding of a scholar. Robb’s own adventures and
discoveries while living, working, and traveling in France connect
this tour through space and time with on-the-ground experience.
There are scenes of wars and revolutions from the plains of
Provence to the slums and boulevards of Paris. Robb conveys with
wit and precision what it felt like to look over the shoulder of a
young Louis XIV as he planned the vast garden of Versailles, and
the dangerous thrill of having a ringside seat at the French
revolution. Some of the protagonists may be familiar, but appear
here in a very different light—Caesar, Charlemagne, Louis XIV,
Napoleon Bonaparte, General Charles de Gaulle. This extraordinary
narrative is the fruit of decades of research and thirty thousand
miles on a self-propelled, two-wheeled time machine (a bicycle).
Even seasoned Francophiles will wonder if they really know that
terra incognita on the edge of Europe that is currently referred to
as “France.”
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Graham Robb
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Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
560 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06469-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-06469-2 |
Barcode: |
9781324064695 |
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