Nicholas Hewitt Professor of French,University of Nottingham

'Nicholas Hewitt is a splendidly clear and readable unpicker of the tangled history of the French Right, that 'coalition of often conflicting ideologies and cultural mediations' ... Hewitt provides excellent introductions to these rebellious novelists ...'TLS'a thorough, scholarly treatment, combining cultural, intellectual and political angles in an historical approach, beginning the 'story' (as the subtitle has it) in the previous postwar to show the persistence of the right-wing tradition.'Modern and Contemporary France'a balanced and well-written history of the cultural activities and political views of the postwar extreme Right. [...] For those who wish to understand French right-wing politics and culture in this century as well as the postwar period in all its diversity, Hewitt's book is indispensible.'SubStance

Nicholas Hewitt Professor of French,University of Nottingham

'Nicholas Hewitt is a splendidly clear and readable unpicker of the tangled history of the French Right, that 'coalition of often conflicting ideologies and cultural mediations' ... Hewitt provides excellent introductions to these rebellious novelists ...'TLS'a thorough, scholarly treatment, combining cultural, intellectual and political angles in an historical approach, beginning the 'story' (as the subtitle has it) in the previous postwar to show the persistence of the right-wing tradition.'Modern and Contemporary France'a balanced and well-written history of the cultural activities and political views of the postwar extreme Right. [...] For those who wish to understand French right-wing politics and culture in this century as well as the postwar period in all its diversity, Hewitt's book is indispensible.'SubStance

Nicholas Hewitt Professor of French,University of Nottingham

'Nicholas Hewitt is a splendidly clear and readable unpicker of the tangled history of the French Right, that 'coalition of often conflicting ideologies and cultural mediations' ... Hewitt provides excellent introductions to these rebellious novelists ...'TLS'a thorough, scholarly treatment, combining cultural, intellectual and political angles in an historical approach, beginning the 'story' (as the subtitle has it) in the previous postwar to show the persistence of the right-wing tradition.'Modern and Contemporary France'a balanced and well-written history of the cultural activities and political views of the postwar extreme Right. [...] For those who wish to understand French right-wing politics and culture in this century as well as the postwar period in all its diversity, Hewitt's book is indispensible.'SubStance