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The Discovery of France

Door Graham Robb

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#409283-YA7
Titel	The Discovery of France
Auteur	Robb, Graham
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Picador
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	0330427601
ISBN13	9780330427609
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	It's easy to reduce France to the sum of its parts: weekend breaks amid the culture of Paris or summer holidays basking in the sunshine of the south; accounts of the Revolution -- Madame Defarge knitting beside the guillotine -- and Napoleon's battle at Waterloo (mis)remembered from school history lessons; a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers, its fashion, food and wine. Despite this, however, 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, it's not only necessary to go back in time, but also to go at a slower pace than modern life generally allows: this book is the result of 14,000 miles covered by bicycle (and four years spent in the library).... (Lees verder) It is -- at last -- a book which tells the whole story. Praise for Robb's last novel, Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century: 'Funny, enterprisingly researched, and undertaken with few apparent preconceptions . . This is an excellent, amusing, decent book, which covers an enormous amount of ground in a little space' Philp Hensher, Spectator 'A fascinating study of a complex subject, written with humanity, sceptical intelligence and an impressive command of the sources' Daily Telegraph 'A fascinating mix of personal testimony and judiciously filleted history' The Times
Pagina's	454
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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