Robert Cole (1)Critiques

(Nonfiction, History)

I struggled through this for the sake of our planned trip to France, starting in June and not finishing it until nearly the end of July.

It’s dense and reads like a textbook: empires and republics ad nauseam. A great Paris-centric overview if you’re studying the history of France but for someone interested in traveling to France for a three week visit and who wants to understand the regions of France and their attitudes, it was not so useful.

3 stars

It had been sitting on my shelf for ages. Meh. I enjoyed the last chapter, apart from him trotting out the old bit of nonsense about Kennedy referring to himself as a jelly doughnut. For the record, he didn't and if you ask a German whether or not he did, they'll wonder what you're talking about.