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A family history of France

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4.3 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Following the fortunes of one extended family in a south-western French town in the 18th and 19th centuries, Emma Rothschild’s Cundill Prize-shortlisted book An Infinite History builds up a picture of what life was like for ordinary people in provincial France. She tells Rhiannon Davies how generations of the family survived revolution, wars and sweeping economic changes, to reveal a fascinating story of France’s history from below.  (Ad) Emma Rothschild is the author of An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries (Princeton, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-viewingguide&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fan-infinite-history%2Femma-rothschild%2F%2F9780691200309%3Fawaid%3D3787%26utm_source%3Dredbrain%26utm_medium%3Dshopping%26utm_campaign%3Dcss%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwh5qLBhALEiwAioods2hTOQ1IkWOOFqRZBkpKLDUNCmQ6uocmn4hwJXCKU3gMq_sKt-QVPBoCSygQAvD_BwE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Ellie Cawthorne. When telling the story of things like the French Revolution or colonialism, it can be tempting

2:02.9

to sketch out a big picture, top-down view. But Emma Rothschild has taken the opposite approach

2:09.0

in her Kundel Prize shortlisted book, An Infinite History, which follows the fortunes of one extended

2:15.8

family in the French town of Angoulin,

2:19.1

delving into their lives and exploring how the country changed around them.

2:23.9

Our section editor, Riannon Davis, spoke to Emma about this fascinating microhistory.

2:30.0

So thank you so much for joining me today, Emma.

2:32.4

And your book is a work of microhistory,

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