The Discovery of France Graham Robb

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The Discovery of France Zusammenfassung

The Discovery of France Graham Robb

Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery of France is a literary exploration of a country few will recognize; from maps and migration to magic, language and landscape, it's a book that reveals the `real' past of France to tell the whole story - and history - of this remarkable nation.

`With gloriously apposite facts and an abundance of quirky anecdotes and thumbnail sketches of people, places and customs, Robb, on brilliant form, takes us on a stunning journey through the historical landscape of France' Independent

`Certain books strain the patience of those close to you. How many times can you demand: Look at this! Can you imagine? Did you know that? without actually handing over the volume? This is such a book' Mail on Sunday

`An extraordinary journey of discovery that will delight even the most indolent armchair traveller' Daily Telegraph

Über 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 (2010) the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Medaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Section - i: List of Illustrations
- Section - ii: Maps
- Section - iii: Itinerary
Chapter - 1: The Undiscovered Continent
Chapter - 2: the Tribes of France, I
Chapter - 3: The Tribes of France, II
Chapter - 4: O Oc Si Bai Ya Win Oui Oyi Awe Jo Ja Oua
Chapter - 5: Living in France, I: The Face in the Museum
Chapter - 6: Living in France, II: A Simple Life
Chapter - 7: Fairies, Virgins, Gods and Priests
Chapter - 8: Migrants and Commuters
Unit - INTERLUDE: The Sixty Million Others
Chapter - 9: Maps
Chapter - 10: Empire
Chapter - 11: Travelling in France, I: The Avenues of Paris
Chapter - 12: Travelling in France, II: The Hare and the Tortoise
Chapter - 13: Colonization
Chapter - 14: The Wonders of France
Chapter - 15: Postcards of the Natives
Chapter - 16: Lost Provinces
Chapter - 17: Journey to the Centre of France
- Section - iv: Epilogue: Secrets
- Section - v: Chronology
- Section - vi: Notes
- Section - vii: Works Cited
- Index - viii: General Index
- Index - ix: Geographical Index
- Acknowledgements - x: Acknowledgements

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001265222

ISBN 13

9780330427616

ISBN 10

033042761X

Titel

The Discovery of France Graham Robb

Autor

Graham Robb

Serien

Picador Classic

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Pan Macmillan

Datum

20080704

Anzahl der Seiten

480

Preise

Winner of Duff Cooper Prize 2008 (UK) Long-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 (UK)

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