France

What does it mean to be French? Is it pausing to enjoy a glass of good wine or a spread of cheese? A flaneur down laneways steeped in history? Knowing...

"I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in French for Beginners has...

A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for...

A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that...

Books on Paris are legion, but there is virtually none devoted to its rooftops and the vistas they look out into. Rooftops of Paris is an invitation to travel to...

At Home in Provence is a stunning cookbook that explores a modern take on life in this sunny French region from co-owner of winemakers Maison Mirabeau, Jeany Cronk. Sharing recipes...

Longlisted for the 2024 Andre Simon Awards. In A Cheesemonger's Tour de France , Ned Palmer wends his way around the country's regions, meeting the remarkable cheesemongers who carry the...

The years between the Revolution of 1848 and the end of World War II were characterised by profound social, intellectual and political change in France. The art world, centred in...

Author: Charles Esdaile Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Almost two centuries since his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains the subject of vigorous debate. On one side are those...

Celebrated food writer Ginette Mathiot, author of Je sais cuisiner (the best-selling home-cooking book in France for over 90 years), taught three generations of French families how to cook. In...

The definitive modern biography of Napoleon - now in paperback Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives, transforming France and Europe in the space of...

A sumptuous historical novel, set against the backdrop of World War I, from 'an enormous talent' (Zadie Smith) 'A sublime reading experience- delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly...

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...

The legendary cookbook that inspired Julie and Julia 'This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book...

Author: Max HastingsFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 280g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down'...

'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.' The Guardian **AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT** A...

"The book of the moment" Sunday Times A Guardian Book of the Year "Highly entertaining . . . subtle and complex" Guardian "Despentes at her very best" New European "Full...

Over 80 mouthwatering recipes to cook at home. Chez Manon is a heartfelt book filled with Manon's family recipes, as well as contemporary French meals that make entertaining effortless, whether...

Author: Dominique Loreau Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Perfect for fans of Marie Kondo' Publishers Weekly DISCOVER THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF LISTS IN THIS INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The humble list...

Author: Maurice Leblanc Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. The inspiration for the new Netflix series,Lupin, starring...

One of Inspector Maigret's strangest and most compelling cases The discovery of a dismembered body in the Canal Saint Martin leads Maigret into a tangled, baffling case involving a taciturn...

The thrilling history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts, that would shape the great wars to come Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870,...

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...

Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...

The hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It and The Murder After the Night Before 'I was rooting for Kitty...

A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in...

A compelling novel about the requirement to be perfect, without losing sight of yourself - by the greatest feminist of the twentieth-century, Simone de Beauvoir. Laurence is a woman who...

Author: Anne BonyFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 310mm, 3500g, 560 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Jean-Michel Wilmotte's unique adventure took off in the mid-1970s and continues today, with undisputed relevance. The...

'A perfect balance of history, food, anecdotes and recommendations ... Carolyn's enthusiasm for French gastronomy is legendary' Michel Roux Jr 'Wondrous, witty, delicious and fun. Every page made me hungry'...

'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening Standard THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISH From total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men...

Darkly comic aphorisms on time, mortality and human relationships from one of the twentieth century's great philosophers 'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it...

'God's teeth!' Unfailingly exciting and a complete joy to read, this new translation of The Three Musketeers is published to coincide with the lavish BBC adaptation to be aired this...

Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is still hardly remembered in this country and, apart from the battle honours...

The official prequel to the hit television showFrance, 1976. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with corruption. A girl goes...

'It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour.' - Hubert de GivenchyEver since Audrey Hepburn stood outside Tiffany's, croissant in...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure...

A classic history of fourteenth-century Europe, from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Guns of August The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and...

Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. 'I cannot remember the last time I read a book so...

An authoritative and original history of the Maginot Line that reshapes our understanding of interwar France and the events of 1940 The Maginot Line was a marvel of 1930s engineering....

Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard...

In this wide-ranging study of the Napoleonic regime, Digby Smith tracks Napoleon's rise to power, his stewardship of France from 1804 15, and his exile. He highlights his military mistakes,...

Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence is the much-loved account of an English couple living their dream abroad. When they buy a 200-year-old farmhouse in the South of France, Peter...

The acclaimed biography of one of the most extraordinary of all European rulers Charles, King of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European...

A gorgeous coming-of-age love story about two teenage boys in 1980s France Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a...

Maigret investigates the circumstances surrounding the attempted suicide of a countess and the death of a multi millionaire, both seemingly strangers but staying in the same hotel. When multi-millionaire David...

**A Times 19 Best Books of 2024****A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2024**** A Times 10 Best Crime and Mystery Books of 2024 so far**"A police procedural unlike anything...

"One of those rare, transformative novels" KARIM MISKE"Funny and poignant" TIFFANY TSAO, author of The MajestiesInitially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile.The security guard adores...

Learn simple conversational French with this engaging book. This interactive flap book will help children to learn simple conversational French for various situations. Topics include greetings and farewells, emotions and...