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The perils of pretty English girls, for a Frenchman in Étretat
Hotel Hauville in Étretat , Normandy – match! We are delighted to introduce as our guest blogger this week Guy de Maupassant! Here he interviews old friend Henri Sidoine on the Havre-Trouville ferry....
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Rose, the peasant poet from Bellou
Manoir de Bellou Long ago, a few steps from this grand Normandy manor house in Bellou, stood a tumble down cottage, the smallest in the village. In this modest home Rose Harel was born to a mother but...
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Fresh gleanings in Rouen – 19th century guest post!
This week our guest blogger is Donald G. Mitchell who adds a personal view of Rouen to some rather lovely etchings and drawings by Charles Pinet. Donald was an American traveler, essayist and novelist...
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More delightful Nico Jungman illustrations of Normandy, with a little Ms Mitton
We are pleased to share a few more of Nico Jungman’s illustrations of Normandy 1905. With some honest commentary from his associate the novelist, biographer and travel writer Geraldine Mitton. A milk...
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Death of an almost perfect King, at Lyons-la-Forêt – guest blogger!
Today our guest blogger is doctor, botanist and historian Jamieson B. Hurry MA MD. This entertaining extract first appeared in his excellent tome ‘Henry Beauclerc and Reading Abbey’ published in 1917....
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