The secret life of France

By Lucy Wadham

Subjects: Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Attitudes, French, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, British, Fremdbild, Engla˜nderin, English Novelists

Description: At the age of eighteen Lucy Wadham ran away from English boys and into the arms of a Frenchman. Twenty-five years later, having married in a French Catholic Church, put her children through the French educational system and divorced in a French court of law, Wadham is perfectly placed to explore the differences between Britain and France. Using both her personal experiences and hte lessons of French history and culture, she examines every aspect of French life - from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race and politics - in this funny and engrossing account on France. French Culture.