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France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
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France: An Adventure History (edition 2022)

by Graham Robb (Author)

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Excerpt from longer article:
Timely Take-aways for Life-Long Learning: History of Place
Whether exploring the history of remote mountain regions or telling the story of a city through its people, these new works of nonfiction explore how five places around the world evolved over time.
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France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb, July 2022, W.W. Norton & Company, and imprint of W.W. Norton
Themes: History, Europe, France
Balancing fascinating historical information with humorous anecdotes, Robb’s amazing narrative reflects decades of research and exploration of France’s urban and rural areas.
Take-aways: Use this book as an example of the connection between history and travel. Use the author’s adventures to encourage students to think about places they’d like to visit and explore in-depth. ( )
  eduscapes | Mar 30, 2023 |
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Excerpt from longer article:
Timely Take-aways for Life-Long Learning: History of Place
Whether exploring the history of remote mountain regions or telling the story of a city through its people, these new works of nonfiction explore how five places around the world evolved over time.
…
France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb, July 2022, W.W. Norton & Company, and imprint of W.W. Norton
Themes: History, Europe, France
Balancing fascinating historical information with humorous anecdotes, Robb’s amazing narrative reflects decades of research and exploration of France’s urban and rural areas.
Take-aways: Use this book as an example of the connection between history and travel. Use the author’s adventures to encourage students to think about places they’d like to visit and explore in-depth. ( )
  eduscapes | Mar 30, 2023 |
This is a book of several parts, a standard history, a travelogue and a memoir. the three mesh together but not are all as successful. I loved the idea of telling the history of France through a series of places and the places chosen were not the obvious and the history was not always the most well-known. However I found the sections where Robb digressed into personal history a little twee and the endless decriptiosn of cycling and trains were too much. Better editing would have improved this ( )
  pluckedhighbrow | Apr 2, 2022 |
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944History and Geography › Europe › France and region

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DC39.R65History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania › France – Andorra – Monaco › History of France › History › General

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