The French
Published on 16. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-1-86046-075-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national character of France.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86046-075-3 (9781860460753)
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THEODORE ZELDIN is a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.
His two-volume history, France 1848-1945 (1973,1977) received
international acclaim: The Times called it "brilliant, original, enter-
taining and inexhaustible"; Paris Match said that is was "the most
perspicacious, the most deeply researched, the liveliest and the
most enthralling panorama of French passions." His other books
include the novel Happiness (1988). Theodore Zeldin has been
awarded the Wolfson Prize and figures on Magazine Litteraire's list
of the hundreds most important thinkers in the world today.
His two-volume history, France 1848-1945 (1973,1977) received
international acclaim: The Times called it "brilliant, original, enter-
taining and inexhaustible"; Paris Match said that is was "the most
perspicacious, the most deeply researched, the liveliest and the
most enthralling panorama of French passions." His other books
include the novel Happiness (1988). Theodore Zeldin has been
awarded the Wolfson Prize and figures on Magazine Litteraire's list
of the hundreds most important thinkers in the world today.