Pierre Deux's Normandy
Pierre Deux's Normandy

Author: Linda Dannenberg

Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9780517560792

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Reveals an intimate tour of the Normandy region

Pierre Deux's French Country
Pierre Deux's French Country

Author: Pierre Moulin

Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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What has come to be known as the French country look is really the style of Provence -- the sun-drenched region in the south of France centering on Arles, Avignon, and Aix-en-Provence. It is a land of cool stone chateaux, farmhouses painted in ochres and dusty roses, country roads bordered by rows of graceful cypress trees, fields of lavender, trellised grapevines, red tile roofs, ancient hilltop cities such as Les Baux, and the vivid blue of the Mediterranean along the Cote d'Azur. The clarity of the light and the intoxicating sensuality of the landscape inspired Cezanne and Van Gogh. In over 450 full-color photographs, Pierre Deux's French Country explores all the rich ingredients of Provencal style. There are chapters on colors, fabrics, pottery, furniture, decorative elements, houses, gardens, and French country adaptations in the United States. A ten-page directory offers U.S. and French sources for regional antiques and contemporary products. From the brightly patterned paisley cottons of Souleiado in Tarascon to the hand-blown glass of Biot and the hand-molded faience platters of Moustiers, from the massive 18th-century armoires and rush-seated banquettes and chairs to bread boxes, saltboxes, and chests with intricately carved floral motifs, the craftsmanship of the region imparts a special luster, a vibrancy and warmth of color and texture that survive in the works of today, Whether presenting a charmingly rustic ranch deep in the horse country of the Camargue, a Renaissance mas in the foothills of the Alps, or a wine-producer's estate near Saint-Remy, this book paints a vivid portrait of a land of grace and simplicity that is at once exuberantly beautiful, seductive, effortless, and sophisticated.

The Jews in Medieval Normandy
The Jews in Medieval Normandy

Author: Norman Golb

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-05-04

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 9780521580328

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This 1998 book is a comprehensive account of the high Hebraic culture developed by the Jews in Normandy during the Middle Ages, and in particular during the Anglo-Norman period. This culture has remained virtually unknown to the public and to the scholarly world throughout modern times, until a combination of recent manuscript discoveries and archaeological findings delineated this phenomenon for the first time. The book explores the origins of this remarkable community, beginning with topographical evidence pointing to the arrival of the Jews in Normandy as early as Roman and Gallo-Roman times, through autograph documentary testimony available in the Cairo Genizah manuscripts and early medieval Latin sources, finally using the rich manuscript evidence of twelfth- and early thirteenth-century writers which attest to the high cultural level attained by this community and to its social and political interaction with the Christian world of Anglo-Norman times and their aftermath.

From Normandy 1928 to California 2000
From Normandy 1928 to California 2000

Author: Robert Remy Boudesseul

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2009-07-07

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1425129749

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L'idée d'écrire sa biographie pour en faire un livre vient de soi-même bien sur, il est dificile de parler d'un sujet sans le connaitre ou sans l'avoir vecu. Depuis slixante douze années de mon existence je suis une personne qui aprecie les cultures diverses.If faut voyager pour mieux connaitre les belles choses de notre vie, respecter les idées et les couleurs de notre planete. J'ai passé trente six années en France, participé aux évènements de la seconde guerre mondiale, partegé les émotions de notre libération en Normandie le 6 Juin 1944, et fait mon service militaire en Algerie et en Allemageme.Mes quinze années passées à la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique sur sept navires différents à bord desquesl nous avons pu voir et servir des célébrités internationales, des Présidents et Chefs de gouvernements et sand oublier les nombreuses escales que falsait chaque paquebots. For the seventy-two years of my existence I have been a person who appreciates various cultures. It is necessary to travel in order to truly know the beautiful things in life, to respect the ideas and the colors of our planet. I spent thirty-six years in France, I took part in the Second World War, I shared in the emotion of the liberation at Normandy on June 6, 1944, and I completed military service in Algeria and Germany. I passed fifteen years at the General Transatlantic Company on seven different ships, on board of which I saw and served international celebrities, presidents, and chiefs of government. I have explored many ports during the stopovers that the liners made. When I was thirty-six years old I traveled across the United States of America, touring from North to South, from East to West by car. I finished this marvelous voyage in California, and I passed through San Francisco, Carmel and Santa Barbara. In Carmel and Santa Barbara I became the happy owner of two different restaurants. I will honor these unforgettable memories for the rest of my life.