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Description of The Discovery of France

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.

Winner of Ondaatje Prize 2008.

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Title Information

ISBN:

9780330427616

Pages:

454 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

418465

Publisher:

Picador

Published:

04/07/2008

Press and Industry Reviews

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

'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

'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

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About Graham Robb

Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely in nineteenth-century French literature, including biographies of Balzac, Victor Hugo (winner of the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann and Whitbread Biography awards) and Rimbaud (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize). He lives in Oxford.

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