The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography

"A witty, engaging narrative style...[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing." -New York Times Book Review

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 land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian...