books.google.ca - "A witty, engaging narrative style....[Robb's] approach is particularly engrossing."—New York Times Book Review, front-page review.A narrative of exploration—full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants—that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Discovery_of_France_A_Historical_Geo.html?id=z7pIWe47QeEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Discovery of France: A Historical Geography