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France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
39.99 AUD
Category: Popular History | Reading Level: near fine
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
24.99 AUD
Category: History
A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of 2022 Winner of the 2022 American Library in Paris Book Award 2022 'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' - Spectator 'A fresh way to write history' - Alan Johnson 'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' - The Time Original, ...Show more
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb
24.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction. A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular wo ...Show more
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe by Graham Robb
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Graham Robb's new book will change the way you see European civilization.Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His investigations gradually revealed something extaordinary: a ...Show more
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb
32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. It is the oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in the country, and preoccupied the monarchs and parliaments of England, Scotla ...Show more
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb
19.99 AUD
Category: History
When Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, he discovered that the river winding around his new home once marked the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Sco ...Show more
The Debatable Land - The Lost World Between Scotland and England by Graham Robb
36.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
'A book worth reading' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesThe Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James V. After the Union of the Crown ...Show more
The Discovery of France - A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War by Graham Robb
55.00 AUD
Category: History
A narrative of exploration-- full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants-- that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a lan ...Show more
The Discovery of France: Picador Classic by Graham Robb
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Colm TóibínTen years ago, I began to explore the country on which I was supposed to be an authority . . .France is a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers, its fashion, food and wine. And yet the notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively rece ...Show more
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