The end of the line: a memoir / Richard Cobb

by Richard Cobb

Describes the various travels of the author, presenting memories of his time in Vienna, Paris in the 1950s and an exploration of Rouen in the small hours, which evokes the heart of Normandy and Cobb's love of the local, the specific and the personal in history.

Genres: France

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Richard Cobb was a British historian. He became Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, after an initially unconventional academic career in which he spent a dozen years working as an independent scholar in French archives. His work was recognised in France by the award of membership of the Legion d'Honneur. He is known for his work on the background to the French Revolution, and for his autobiographical writings.

Reviews

[David Lough · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this last book by the man who taught me history at Oxford in 1970. The book is just like his tutorials - it darts all over the place but contains so much humanity. I had forgotten how wonderful his powers of observation and writing are - some of the descriptive sentences go on for ever, but. You never want them to stop ....