<p><b>A <i>Spectator</i> and <i>Prospect</i> Book of the Year<br>Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award<br><br>'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' </b>- <i>Spectator</i><br><b>'A fresh way to write history' </b>- Alan Johnson<br><b>'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' </b>- <i>The Times</i><br><i>_____</i><br><br><b>Original, knowledgeable and endlessly entertaining, <i>France: An Adventure History</i> is an unforgettable journey through France from the first century BC to the present day.</b><br><br>Drawn from countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, in the library and across 30,000 miles on the author’s beloved bike, it begins with Gaulish and Roman times and ends in the age of
