Graham Robb
Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border.
Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border. See less
Graham Robb's Featured Books
Graham Robb book reviews
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Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
Charming, thoughtful book
by Neil, Oct 13, 2011
Though a couple of chapters are slightly mystifying, Robb selects intersections in Paris where intriquing events in the past happened, matches the style of each chapter to its subject, and leads the ... Read More
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Balzac: A Life
overwritten but interesting
This is an authoratitive study of one of France's greatest prose authors. Robb (who wrote a very good book on Victor Hugo) is not at his best here, overcomplicating the life story with amateur ... Read More
