Book review: A glimpse into far-right ideologies

The far right is a mainstream and respectable movement in French politics. It was in the 1860s, the 1930s, and the 1950s – it is again now

Demonstrators march during a protest called by major trade unions to oppose budget cuts, in Nantes, western France, last month. Picture: Mathieu Pattier/ AP

• Fractured France: A Journey through a Divided Nation 
• Andrew Hussey 
• Gulp Fiction Books, £25.00