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A quick history of France

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Historian and author John Julius Norwich reflects on some of the key moments in France’s history and relates a few of the more unusual and scandalous stories he uncovered while researching his latest book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.3

and saw these policemen, you know, in their little white apse,

0:47.3

and they were had little white batons in those days directing the traffic,

0:51.3

and then there was the Eiffel Tower, you know, and I said to myself, I'm a poor. This is Paris.

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So I remember it as if it was yesterday now, and the excitement of it.

1:00.6

That was John Julius Norwich talking about his personal connections to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine.

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Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast. I'm Rob Atar, the editor of BBC History

1:46.1

magazine. For today's interview, we're going to be talking to John Julius Norwich, a historian

1:52.1

and author whose literary career stretches back more than 50 years. His latest book, France,

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