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Edition Picador, First Impression 2008. ISBN: 978-0330427616. PAPERBACK. 480 pages, size: 12.9 x 3 x 19.6 cm. The new and unread copy remains in excellent condition throughout. Text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.
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'(A) sparkling account...Robb cycled 14, 000 miles to bring his learning to life, which this book blissfully does.'
-- Independent
'A revealing biography of ordinary French citizens and a portrait of the world beyond Paris and the urban elite.' -- Time Out
'Captivatingly full of the author's own discoveries - exotic landscapes, weird customs, remarkable individuals and events overlooked by history' -- Guardian
'Engaging and lyrical... Gives voice to the France we have forgotten. Formidable.' -- Psychologies Magazine
'Full of amazing new facts, some horrific and some hilarious. A wonderful read.' -- The Guardian, Readers' Books of the Year
'Robb is a compellingly and hugely knowledgeable guide to a country that we only thought we knew.' -- London Review of Books
'Superlative history of la France profonde' -- Sunday Times 100 best holiday reads
'The most informative book I read was Graham Robb's brilliant, insanely compendious The Discovery of France.' -- Sean O'Brien, The Times Literary Supplement
'The search for an elusive `real' France haunted both natives and visitors throughout the 20th Century...' -- London Review of Books
'This is a vivid and indispensable book, so full of unexpected and wittily related treasures...' -- Daily Telegraph
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-- Independent
'A revealing biography of ordinary French citizens and a portrait of the world beyond Paris and the urban elite.' -- Time Out
'Captivatingly full of the author's own discoveries - exotic landscapes, weird customs, remarkable individuals and events overlooked by history' -- Guardian
'Engaging and lyrical... Gives voice to the France we have forgotten. Formidable.' -- Psychologies Magazine
'Full of amazing new facts, some horrific and some hilarious. A wonderful read.' -- The Guardian, Readers' Books of the Year
'Robb is a compellingly and hugely knowledgeable guide to a country that we only thought we knew.' -- London Review of Books
'Superlative history of la France profonde' -- Sunday Times 100 best holiday reads
'The most informative book I read was Graham Robb's brilliant, insanely compendious The Discovery of France.' -- Sean O'Brien, The Times Literary Supplement
'The search for an elusive `real' France haunted both natives and visitors throughout the 20th Century...' -- London Review of Books
'This is a vivid and indispensable book, so full of unexpected and wittily related treasures...' -- Daily Telegraph
Winner of the 2008 Duff Cooper Prize
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 033042761X
- ISBN 13 9780330427616
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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