France : People, History and Culture (A Brief History) /anglais - Softcover

JENKINS CECIL

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845298683 ISBN 13: 9781845298685

Publisher: INTERART, 1999

Synopsis

France is the largest country in Western Europe, and one of immensely diverse regions, landscapes and cultures. This absorbing account charts its history from the battles between Caesar and the Gauls, via the Revolution of 1789 and two world wars, to the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. It explores the way the French have come to see themselves, and the problems of identity they now share with other nations.

About this title

About the Author:

Cecil Jenkins was educated at Trinity College Dublin before becoming a French Government research scholar at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris. He has taught modern French literature and society at the universities of Exeter, British Columbia and Sussex, where he also served as Dean of the School of European Studies. While he has published in other fields, his writings on France include books on the Nobel Prizewinning novelist Francois Mauriac and the novelist, art historian and De Gaulle's Minister for Culture Andre Malraux.

Review:

In this broad and ambitious drama of two millennia, the characterization of the major players brings pungency and colour to every event. From Capetian kings to Republican presidents, from anonymous cave artists to celebrated writers and intellectuals of recent times it is the personality of politics and the politics of personality which make this book a particular pleasure to recommend for any voyage of discovery of the French past and present. -- Rod Kedward, author of La Vie en Bleu: France and the French since 1900.

About this edition

• Publisher: INTERART
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1845298683
• ISBN 13: 9781845298685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352