Little Pilgrimages Among French InnsCosimo, Inc., 1 черв. 2006 р. - 504 стор. To those who love it, life in France may be a perpetual dream of enchantment. There is a sense of art everywhere, rarely to be met with except in Italy. Every Frenchman is an artist, and every place he enters, he makes his studio. It is surprising to see in the simplest, the most uneducated peasant, a knowledge and a sense of art or historical research, unheard of in our own country, or even in England.In short, France is France. Nobody can properly describe it to you if you have not been there. You must go and see it, and enjoy it for yourself.-from the PrefaceAmerican author and traveler CHARLES GIBSON (b. 1875) summered in France and turned his idyllic journeys into this agreeable travelogue, a portrait of a long-ago time when travel was a romantic adventure. Combining snippets of history and legend uncovered during explorations of ancient tombs, churches, and fortresses with enchanting descriptions of the villages and landscapes he visited, Gibson introduces us to both charming aristocrats who open their gothic chateaux to visitors and pleasant peasants who run quaint rural inns.First published in 1905, this is an enthralling work that continues to delight readers today.OF INTEREST TO: Francophiles, armchair travelers |
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... ruins , and in the gar- den of a modern château , are the half - ruined remains of an older castle built by William the Conqueror . They include a tower of the thirteenth century and some picturesque walls . Long before the Roman ...
... ruins , and in the gar- den of a modern château , are the half - ruined remains of an older castle built by William the Conqueror . They include a tower of the thirteenth century and some picturesque walls . Long before the Roman ...
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... ruins of the Roman theatre . Its portal is worthy of mention , and its interior contains some inter- esting stalls which were originally built for the Abbey of Valasse . We left the Hôtel de France with some regret and attended by all ...
... ruins of the Roman theatre . Its portal is worthy of mention , and its interior contains some inter- esting stalls which were originally built for the Abbey of Valasse . We left the Hôtel de France with some regret and attended by all ...
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... the château is the most ancient portion of this interesting ruin , and was originally orna- mented with the armorial bearings of the Tancarvilles . These have long since been effaced by time , and the hand of man , 58 Among French Inns.
... the château is the most ancient portion of this interesting ruin , and was originally orna- mented with the armorial bearings of the Tancarvilles . These have long since been effaced by time , and the hand of man , 58 Among French Inns.
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... ruin and decay . We were all naturally interested in this picturesque pile , as it was the first Norman château , with any pretension of being some- thing more than ruins , that we had seen , and we stopped at the Hôtel du Havre , in ...
... ruin and decay . We were all naturally interested in this picturesque pile , as it was the first Norman château , with any pretension of being some- thing more than ruins , that we had seen , and we stopped at the Hôtel du Havre , in ...
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