Cecil Jenkins is an Ulsterman who studied at Trinity College Dublin, then at the prestigious Ecole Normale Sup�rieure in Paris, where he lived for six years. He has taught modern French literature and ideas at the universities of Exeter and Sussex - where he also served a term as Dean of European Studies. In addition to his books on French writers and a Brief History of France, Cecil has written a prize-winning crime novel, 2 stage plays and 2 plays for Radio 3. He is married and lives in London.