Jonathan Fenby's latest analysis of contemporary France published in US

Jonathan Fenby, a former editor of Reuters who was with the agency from 1963 to 1977, has just published France On the Brink (Arcade Publishing) in the United States. It is a survey and analysis of contemporary France. His next book, The Weight of History, France from the Revolution to the Present Day, is due out from Simon & Schuster next June.

He has also become chief operating officer of the research service Trusted Sources which he helped to launch eight years ago and which has 90 clients worldwide. ■