THE DISCOVERY OF FRANCE
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 true past of France, Graham Robb realized it was necessary not only to go back in time, but also to go at a slower pace than modern life generally allows. The Discovery of France, illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, is the result of Robb's 14,000-mile journey across France on a bicycle. Winne…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5098-0348-4
- EAN: 9781509803484
- Produktnummer: 18750954
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B12.8 cm x D3.3 cm 425 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 41
- Gewicht: 425
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
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 Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.
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