Graham Robb

Graham Robb is the author of Victor Hugo: A Biography and many other books. His newest, The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History, from 500 Million BC to the Next Election, will be published next January.

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  1. The Real Message Behind Les Misérables

    As Donald Trump prepares to host Les Mis at the Kennedy Center, a Victor Hugo scholar imagines what the author would make of the president.

    Graham Robb
    Photo of a man in a suit clapping with a huge red flag in the foreground, covering half his face.
    Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Bonnie Cash / Getty; Leemage / Getty.