Books by Robert Tombs

Isabelle Tombs (nee Bussy) was born in France, studied at the Universite de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), and did a PhD on modern British history at Trinity College, Cambridge. Robert Tombs was born in England and studied at Cambridge. He did research for his PhD on modern French history in France, where he was attached to the Universite de Paris IV (Sorbonne). Isabelle teaches French at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert is Reader in French History at Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College.