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How the French Think

bySudhir Hazareesingh

An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People

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WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE D'IDÉES

The French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows exactly what makes the French so ... French.

There could be no wiser or more witty guide to the problems of France today.

Julian Jackson, Times Literary Supplement

About Sudhir Hazareesingh

Sudhir Hazareesingh was born in Mauritius. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford. His books include The Legend of Napoleon (winner of the Prix du Mémorial d'Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoléon), In the Shadow of the General (winner of the Prix d'Histoire du Sénat), How the French Think (winner of the Grand Prix du Livre d'Idées), and Black Spartacus (winner of the Wolfson History Prize and the American Library in Paris Award). In 2020, he became a Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (G.C.S.K.), the highest honour of the Republic of Mauritius.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241961063
  • Length: 448 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 25mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 342g
  • Price: £12.99
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