France

The Stanford’s Map of the environs of Paris is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Somme battlefields of the Western Front presented on three map panels showing present-day road network overprinted with WWI-related information: front lines from different stages of the conflict, cemeteries, private memorials, preserved tranches, bunkers, demarcation stones, etc, all cross-referenced to extensive lists.

D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy in a series of Major & Mrs Holt’s Battle Maps from T V Holt Associates covering the main battlefields of the two World Wars. Present day road network is overprinted with extensive information about the landings.

Lonely Planet Pocket Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

100% polyester, screen printed France flag on a 30cm wooden pole with a white plastic ball cap.

This guidebook describes two cycle routes between London and Paris: the 490km 'classic route' and the 387km Avenue Verte. Passing through rolling chalk downland and characterful market towns, the trails link these two great cities with their grand buildings, famous museums and iconic monuments. Ideal both for cycle-touring holidays and charity challenges, both routes are well within the capabilities of cycl...

The Stanford’s Map of the environs of Paris is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

A delightful twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes readers on a tour fraught with culture clashes but rife with insight and deadpan humour - a charming true story of what happens when Sarah meets a very French Frenchman.

Map No. 163, Avignon - Nîmes, at 1:100,000, part of the TOP100 series from the Institut Géographique National (IGN). These exceptionally detailed, contoured and GPS compatible road maps which include English language map legend are ideal for exploring the French countryside by car, by bike, or even on foot. Used by millions of locals and tourists alike, this series provides an excellent balance between cove...

The Lonely Planet guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur offers frank and informal advice on an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants and nightlife.

French administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, including the French Riviera and the southern part of the French Alps, at 1:200,000 in a series of double-sided touring maps from Michelin. The map includes a city centre street plan of Marseille indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets and places of interest, with selected streets named and listed in the accompanying index.

The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers, needed it most.

Published to coincide with the centenary of the end of World War I, this new, thoroughly revised edition of Bradt's World War I Battlefields is the only compact practical travel guide to cover both French and Belgian battlefield sites. Produced in a lightweight and portable format, the guide features all the main memorials and museums alongside practical information on how to book the best guided tours or f...

A contemporary map of the area of the Somme battlefields in 1916 created by cartographer and artist Richard Chandler, with an overprint indicating the two front lines, various places of interest and the cemeteries from World War I.

The essential guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc trek in the Alps. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days through France, Switzerland and Italy. The walk has all the excitement of the high mountains yet none of the worry of altitude sickness. It crosses numerous cols with stunning views of spectacular snow and rock peaks and ...

Map No. 153, Périgueux - Bergerac, at 1:100,000, part of the TOP100 series from the Institut Géographique National (IGN). These exceptionally detailed, contoured and GPS compatible road maps which include English language map legend are ideal for exploring the French countryside by car, by bike, or even on foot. Used by millions of locals and tourists alike, this series provides an excellent balance between...

In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. Containing candid descriptions of this war-ravaged society (widespread malnourishment, rampant tuberculosis) as well as useful phrases and a pronunciation guide (Bonjewer, commont-allay-voo), it was an indispensable guide to everyday life. But this small and ...

George Orwell’s vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute in Down and Out in London and Paris is a moving tour of the underworld of society.

The Rough Guide to Brittany and Normandy is the ultimate full-colour handbook to northern France, from the glorious island abbey of Mont-St-Michel to Monet's waterlily pond at Giverny, and the walled medieval town of Dinan to the dynamic modern city of Nantes.