That Sweet Enemy
The British and the French from the Sun King to the Present
$64.98
- Paperback
816 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2007
Summary
A magisterial study of the unique and fascinating relationship between France and Britain - and its effects on the world.
From Blenheim and Waterloo to ‘Up Yours, Delors’ and ‘Hop Off You Frogs’, the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry, misapprehension and suspicion. But it has also been a relationship of envy, admiration and affection.
In the nearly two centuries since the final defeat of Napoleon, France and Britain have spent much of that time as allies - an …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845951085 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845951085 |
| Author: | Isabelle Tombs, Robert Tombs |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 764g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
An outstanding study of a three-century love-hate relationship… hugely readable
An outstanding study of a three-century love-hate relationship… hugely readable – Andrew Roberts * Sunday Times *
Epic, instructive and engaging * Independent *
An intellectual feast * Times Literary Supplement *
Deftly written and meticulously researched… packed with detail and anecdote – John Thornhill * Financial Times *
Well-written and thoroughly researched… There is as good an account as you could want of the rivalry in the 18th century…and of the Napoleonic wars that took the story into the 19th… A satisfying and intelligent book, packed with information and provoking in its assertions and conclusions – Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *
This is an important book… Gripping, magnificently informative… with a delicious streak of dry humour – Adam Thorpe * Guardian *
About The Author
Isabelle Tombs
Isabelle Tombs (nee Bussy) was born in France, studied at the Universite de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), and did a PhD on modern British history at Trinity College, Cambridge. Robert Tombs was born in England and studied at Cambridge. He did research for his PhD on modern French history in France, where he was attached to the Universite de Paris IV (Sorbonne). Isabelle teaches French at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Robert is Reader in French History at Cambridge and a Fellow of St John’s College.
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