Promotion
Use code BESTBOOKS24 for 25% off sitewide + free shipping over $35
By clicking “Accept,” you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies on your device as set forth in our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. Please note that certain cookies are essential for this website to function properly and do not require user consent to be deployed.
The Great Cat Massacre
And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
Contributors
Formats and Prices
Price
$18.99Price
$23.99 CADFormat
Format:
- Trade Paperback $18.99 $23.99 CAD
- ebook $12.99 $16.99 CAD
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around May 12, 2009. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
Also available from:
Why in the eighteenth-century version of Little Red Riding Hood did the wolf eat the child at the end?
What did the anonymous townsman of Montpelier have in mind when he kept an exhaustive dossier on all the activities of his native city?
Genre:
-
"Robert Darnton has the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter, the thoroughness of a rigorous scholar, and the sensitivity of a novelist."New Republic
-
"Brilliant....The job description for the historian is simple; he must read well. Darnton does. He will read anything, take it seriously, and, applying a fertile imagination, write beautifully about what he has learned."Washington Post Book World
-
"An exercise in culture shock."Chronicle of Higher Education
- On Sale
- May 12, 2009
- Page Count
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780465012749
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use