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Eccentric France
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Author : Piers Letcher
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2003
Eccentric France written by Piers Letcher and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Travel categories.
So you think eccentric France means frogs' legs and pigs' trotters? Think again. Piers Letcher takes you to places where you can feast on forgotten vegetables, saddle up for national donkey day, or gorge yourself at the world tripe championships. He also reveals the truth behind France's most colorful characters, including Coco Chanel, Joan of Arc, Mata Hari and the Marquis de Sade. This latest addition to the Bradt eccentric series makes fascinating reading for those looking to discover the hidden side of France, as well as for armchair travelers who delight in the extraordinary. Feeling adventures? Try your hand at pig-squealing, or brave the Rhone Valley's Crocodile Farm; Romantic? Visit the Lovers' Wall in Montmartre, or Provence's hidden Paradise; Festive? Indulge yourself at the Palais du chocolat, or take a Champagne cure; Or just plain curious? Check out the country's most unusual towns, gardens, hotels and restaurants.
The Sunday Of Fiction
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Author : Peter Schulman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Sunday Of Fiction written by Peter Schulman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.
Also, whereas to date the study of eccentricity has focused primarily on literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this work completes prior criticism by including twentieth-century authors such as Raymond Queneau, Jean Echenoz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Georges Perec, and filmmakers such as Jacques Tati and Pierre Etaix."--BOOK JACKET.
F Is For France
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Author : Piu Marie Eatwell
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-06-28
F Is For France written by Piu Marie Eatwell and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-28 with Travel categories.
Exploring a culture filled with arcane laws, historical incidents, and bizarre paradoxes, Piu Eatwell's follow up to her award-winning and critically acclaimed myth-buster They Eat Horses, Don't They is a delightful exploration of France's quirky, literary, and culinary heritage. From absinthe and catacombs to former French soccer player Zinedine Zidane, Eatwell leaves no stone unturned, taking readers off the beaten path to explore the kind of information that gets missed in guidebooks and 'official' information sources. Who could imagine, for example, that there is a village in France where UFOs are banned from landing? Or that there is a verifiable population of wild kangaroos in the forests surrounding Paris? These, and many other off-beat delights, are just some of the curiosities awaiting readers in this journey through byways and hidden treasures of this endlessly fascinating and paradoxical country. Full of the richness and variety of France beyond the platitudes, including recipes and charming illustrations, F is for France is an ideal gift book and a must-read for Francophiles and anyone with an interest in French travel and culture.
Eccentric Edinburgh
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Author : Benedict Le Vay
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2004
Eccentric Edinburgh written by Benedict Le Vay and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Travel categories.
"You don't just visit Edinburgh; you fall in love with the place." The best-selling author of Eccentric Britain takes you away from the obvious tartanalia and into Auld Reekie's hidden corners to find spooky stories, weird buildings, mad judges and strange customs. Benedict le Vay also asks the pressing questions that others avoid: Is the Scottish Parliament a monumental cock-up? Was the Stewart dynasty really useless? Should you eat deep-fried Mars Bars...?
Eccentric London
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Author : Benedict Le Vay
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2007
Eccentric London written by Benedict Le Vay and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
Benedict le Vay reveals London's most bizarre and macabre secrets with his novel approach, which doubles both as a thematic guide to the hidden attractions of the streets of London and a compelling insight into the citizens and culture of this historic city.
Eccentric Britain
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Author : Benedict Le Vay
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2005
Eccentric Britain written by Benedict Le Vay and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Reference categories.
A delightful romp around the British Isles searching out the mad marquess, the eccentric earl, the barmy baron, and the daft duke and gathering a fair collection of crackpot inventors, weird adventurers and fascinatingly and not to mention insanely curious customs along the way. All of which make this rainy little island home to that remarkable breed of individual - the British eccentric.This expanded book still doesn't tell you where Stonehenge is, but it does tell you where ten spookier stone circles are where there will be no crowds, no admission charges and no parking problems... This is a book for the intelligent, humorous, curious tourist who doesn't go with the crowd. It is also a great armchair read that has been known to have readers weeping with mirth at the weird ways of the British.
Eccentric Biography Or Sketches Of Remarkable Characters Ancient And Modern
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Author : Eccentric biography
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1801
Eccentric Biography Or Sketches Of Remarkable Characters Ancient And Modern written by Eccentric biography and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1801 with categories.
Eccentricity And The Cultural Imagination In Nineteenth Century Paris
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Author : Miranda Gill
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-01-15
Eccentricity And The Cultural Imagination In Nineteenth Century Paris written by Miranda Gill and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
What did it mean to call someone 'eccentric' in nineteenth-century Paris? And why did breaking with convention arouse such ambivalent responses in middle-class readers, writers, and spectators? From high society to Bohemia and the demi-monde to the madhouse, the scandal of nonconformism provoked anxiety, disgust, and often secret yearning. In a culture preoccupied by the need for order yet simultaneously drawn to the values of freedom and innovation, eccentricity continually tested the boundaries of bourgeois identity, ultimately becoming inseparable from it. This interdisciplinary study charts shifting French perceptions of the anomalous and bizarre from the 1830s to the fin de siècle, focusing on three key issues. First, during the July Monarchy eccentricity was linked to fashion, dandyism, and commodity culture; to many Parisians it epitomized the dangerous seductions of modernity and the growing prestige of the courtesan. Second, in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution eccentricity was associated with the Bohemian artists and performers who inhabited 'the unknown Paris', a zone of social exclusion which middle-class spectators found both fascinating and repugnant. Finally, the popularization of medical theories of national decline in the latter part of the century led to decreasing tolerance for individual difference, and eccentricity was interpreted as a symptom of hidden insanity and deformity. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including etiquette manuals, fashion magazines, newspapers, novels, and psychiatric treatises, the study highlights the central role of gender in shaping perceptions of eccentricity. It provides new readings of works by major French writers and illuminates both well-known and neglected figures of Parisian modernity, from the courtesan and Bohemian to the female dandy and circus freak.
Dr Guillotine
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Author : Herbert Lom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Dr Guillotine written by Herbert Lom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Biographical fiction categories.
Syria
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Author : Diana Darke
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2010
Syria written by Diana Darke and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Travel categories.
Travel and holiday.