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The author blends history, landscape, culture, and national character in his portraits of various places in France including Nice, Lourdes, Bordeaux, Avignon, and Paris
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From Publishers Weekly
Freely mixing travelogue, history and offhand cultural commentary, Daley's serendipitous journey appraises France's soul. Whether he is expressing consternation at Avignon's immense Palace of the Popes, monument to medieval extravagance, or tracking the legend of bike racer Jacques Anquetil, Daley ( An American Saga ) has a knack for the telling detail, the unusual observation. A few of these 19 vignettes delve into little-known events, like the...
From Library Journal
Popular writer Daley ( Hands of a Stranger , LJ 8/85) whips up a delightful blend of history and anecdote mixed with a little travelog to provide an intimate, refreshing look at France. Each chapter draws a revealing portrait of a place. "As much as possible, I have based my descriptions on scars that can still be seen today," Daley writes, "scars on the national body, each...
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- PublisherBack Bay Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0316171816
- ISBN 13 9780316171816
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages528
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