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Auvergne in central France evokes the era of “La Belle Epoque” with its Route des Châteaux d'Auvergne, spa towns Romanesque churches and national parks. The scenic region has the largest density of volcanoes found in Europe. The region’s capital is the delightful city of Clermont-Ferrand....

The Dordogne combines the best elements of rural France, with a passion for good food and wine, the romantic legacy of medieval castles and an abundance of pretty villages where time appears to have stopped. As a holiday destination its scenic rivers, gentle valleys and fairy-tale forests offer a...

Digital edition of the classic 2006 edition of Blue Guide to Southwest France, the most in-depth guide for the cultural traveller. Explores the history, art, architecture and archaeology of this popular part of the country, as well as its cuisine and the famous wines of Bordeaux.

Provence is one of the most popular vacation areas in the south of France. The region runs from the Mediterranean to the Alps and from the Rhône River to Italy. Provence adjoins the French Riviera and is famous for its warm climate, scenery traditions, fine wines, French cuisine, and local language...

In this guide, available in digital format for handheld devices only, Peter Hoskins takes the tourist along the routes of the Black Prince's expedition to France in 1355 and 1356. He draws on his on-the-ground experience of walking more than 1,300 miles across France, retracing the routes of the armies...

The “real” South of France is not just the French Riviera on the Mediterranean. On the western side of the country is the French Basque region with the Atlantic crashing onto its shores.  Here you will find beautiful resort towns including Biarritz – a favourite of Sir Winston Churchill...

Provence, the beautiful region that sits at the scenic crossroads of southern France, the Italian Alps, and the Mediterranean, has long been an area of historical import and distinct culture. It was the first Roman colony beyond Italy and serves as a modern-day commercial hub and resort area. Above...

Toulouse is a city in the southwest of France inland between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Toulouse is an important part of the French economy and is a major center for the aviation and space industry with the head offices of Airbus, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS),...

Liberté? Egalité? Fraternité? Or just plain gall? In this provocative and brilliantly researched history of how the French have dealt with the United States, John J. Miller and Mark Molesky demonstrate that the cherished idea of French friendship has little basis in reality. Despite the...

This account of military service during the Peninsular War penned by the late sergeant of the 2nd Battalion of the 73rd Regiment of Foot, Thomas Morris, who was not even born by the time of the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. At the tender age of 16 in 1812 he became a substitute volunteer...

Gangsters, aviators, hard-boiled detectives, gunslingers, jazz and images of the American metropolis were all an inextricable part of the cultural landscape of interwar France. While the French 1930s have long been understood as profoundly anti-American, this book shows how a young, up-and-coming...

Mastering the Marketplace examines the origins of modern mass-media culture through developments in the new literary marketplace of nineteenth-century France and how literature itself reveals the broader social and material conditions in which it is produced. Anne O’Neil-Henry examines how French...

“Charming, delightful, and enlightening . . .a constant reminder to live your life fully, forgive yourself daily, and love yourself more **. . .**[a] gem of a memoir” (Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis). With one bounced check, Nancy Brook’s...

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