France on the brink / Jonathan Fenby.
1999
HC276.2 .F44 1999 (Mapit)
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Title
France on the brink / Jonathan Fenby.
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ISBN
1559704888 (hardcover)
9781559704885 (hardcover)
9781559704885 (hardcover)
Publication Details
New York : Arcade, 1999.
Language
English
Description
xii, 449 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm
Call Number
HC276.2 .F44 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
944.083/9
Summary
"Jonathan Fenby, journalist and Francophile, has been studying and reporting on the country for over thirty years. In these pages he lovingly but candidly offers an unvarnished picture of modern France, setting it in the context of its glorious past. He explores the problems and challenges it faces, as well as the opportunities that lie ahead. Filled with historical and contemporary anecdotes, France on the Brink depicts the many contradictory aspects of the country so many people love but also love to hate. Even those who know France well will find in its pages hundreds of fascinating Gallic tidbits that will inform, amuse, and enlighten."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-437) and index.
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Table of Contents
Something special
Behind the mask
Vanishing Madeleines
Country living
Modern times
Business matters
Another France
Spectre at the feast
'Fog over Channel'
Divided we stand
Three men and a country
Friends of Franco̧is
A French life
The jaws of victory
On the brink.
Behind the mask
Vanishing Madeleines
Country living
Modern times
Business matters
Another France
Spectre at the feast
'Fog over Channel'
Divided we stand
Three men and a country
Friends of Franco̧is
A French life
The jaws of victory
On the brink.