France: An Adventure History

<p><b>A <i>Spectator</i> and <i>Prospect</i> Book of the Year<br>Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award<br><br>'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' </b>- <i>Spectator</i><br><b>'A fresh way to write history' </b>- Alan Johnson<br><b>'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' </b>- <i>The Times</i><br><i>_____</i><br><br><b>Original, knowledgeable and endlessly entertaining, <i>France: An Adventure History</i> is an unforgettable journey through France from the first century BC to the present day.</b><br><br>Drawn from countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, in the library and across 30,000 miles on the author&rsquo;s beloved bike, it begins with Gaulish and Roman times and ends in the age of