Usborne Publishing Ltd

Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they've left everything behind, including their almost-mum Pearl. Becket has no idea what's going on - it's a mystery. So with the help of Billy and a snail called Brian, Becket sets out on a journey of discovery.

Introduction: Beyond Stereotypes; France at Mid-Century; The Shock of the New; Around the Eiffel Tower: Modernization, Technology, and the People; Around 1900; WW1 and Beyond; The 1930's and WW2; The Post-War Years; (De)colonization; Culture in the 1960's; May 1968 and Beyond; The Socialist Years; Postcolonial and Postmodern France