Frantsiya: istoriya pryhod

Hrechem Robb - brytans′kyy pys′mennyk, literaturnyy krytyk, istoryk, kavaler Ordena mystetstv ta literatury, avtor bestseleriv The New York Times. Yoho knyzhky otrymaly Premiyu Daffa Kupera, Premiyu Korolivs′koho literaturnoho tovarystva ta Velyku medal′ mista Paryzh. Krayinoznavchi materialy Robba unikal′ni: pratsyuyuchy nad svoyimy knyzhkamy, vin ne lyshe pryskiplyvo vyvchaye pratsi vchenych ta zhurnalistiv, a y desyatylittyamy provodyt′ vlasni doslidzhennya, mandruyuchy na velosypedi nayriznomanitnishymy kutochkamy Frantsiyi. YAskravi narysy Hrechema Robba pro sotsial′nu, politychnu ta heohrafichnu istoriyu Frantsiyi povnistyu ruynuyut′ kanonichne uyavlennya pro tsyu krayinu i dayut′ zmohu pohlyanuty pid inshym kutom na, zdavalosya b, chrestomatiyni postati Lyudovyka XIV, Napoleona Bonaparta, SHarlya de Hollya. Avtoru ye chym zdyvuvaty navit′ naybil′shych frankofiliv, i v tsiy knyzi vin vidkryto pro tse zayavlyaye!