The French
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The French
By (Author) Theodore Zeldin
Vintage Publishing
The Harvill Press
16th January 1997
16th January 1997
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Psychology
Travel writing
305.841
Winner of Enid McLeod Literary Award 1983
Physical Properties
Paperback
560
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 33mm
383g
Description
An eye-opening, amusing, and immensely readable guide to a nation themselves - sure to please anyone who has ever been inspired, exasperated, amused or entranced by the French. 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.
Author Bio
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.
