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The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War by Robb, Graham is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<b>A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France.</b><br><br>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 beliefs. French itself was a minority language.Graham Robb describes that unknown world in arresting
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- Author
- Robb, Graham
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393068825
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Historical Fiction, Urban
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (1,086 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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