Rod Kedward brings to life the great, and often terrible, dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, the student and worker revolt of 1968, as well as exploring the special worlds of the workplace, immigration, minorities, the role of women, and the politics of everyday life and collective memory. "La Vie en Bleu" is a history of people and events that tells a multitude of stories, some impressive, some shameful and many that starkly divide the French among themselves.
