num_pages: 455
description: The notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively recent and - historically speaking - quite misleading. In order to discover the 'real' past of France, it's not only necessary to go back in time, but also to go at a slower pace than modern life generally allows. This book is the result of 14,000 miles covered by bicycle.
language: English
title: The Discovery Of France
titlecomplete: The Discovery Of France
genres: Sociology, Travel, Historical, European History, Anthropology, Nonfiction, Geography, History, Cultural, France
ratings_count: 2382
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Duff Cooper Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
publisher: Macmillan/Pan Macmillan Australia Pty. Ltd.