About the Book: Discovery of France: by Graham Robb: 145 (Picador Collection,
145)
An extraordinary journey of discovery-Daily Telegraph
Pedals along with never a dull paragraph . . . dazzling-The Sunday Times
Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery of France is the
tale of Graham Robbs 14,000-mile journey across France on a bicycle to uncover
an alternative history.
France is a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers,
its fashion, food and wine. And yet the notion of the French as one nation is
relatively recent and, historically speaking, quite misleading. In order to
discover the true past of