France : an adventure history
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324002567
- ISBN: 1324002565
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Physical Description:
print
x, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-484) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ancient Gaul to the Renaissance -- The hedge -- A home in Gaul -- The invisible land of the woods and the sea -- Time machines -- Cathar treasure -- The tree at the centre of France -- Louis XIV to the Second Empire -- A walk in the garden -- Stained glass -- Bloody Provence -- How he did it -- The murder of Madame Bovary -- Miss Howard's gift to France -- The Third, Fourth and Fifth Republics -- Savage coast -- Keeping track of the dead -- Mount inaccessible -- Martyrs of the Tour de France -- La République en marche! -- Demolition -- Notes for travellers -- Maps. |
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Genre: | Anecdotes. Travel writing. Anecdotes. Biographies. History. Travel writing. Anecdotes. Travel writing. |
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Homer Public Library | 944 ROB (Text) | 000166425 | Nonfiction | Available | - |