France: an adventure history

Ancient Gaul to the Renaissance

The hedge

A home in Gaul

The invisible land of the woods and the sea

Time machines

Cathar treasure

The tree at the centre of France

Louis XIV to the Second Empire

A walk in the garden

Stained glass

Bloody Provence

How he did it

The murder of Madame Bovary

Miss Howard's gift to France

The Third, Fourth and Fifth Republics

Savage coast

Keeping track of the dead

Mount inaccessible

Martyrs of the Tour de France

La République en marche!

Demolition

Notes for travellers

Maps.