French Letters - John Fiennes

French Letters Is Based On The Letters And Records Of An Australian Francophile Who Has Spent Most Of His Leisure Time, And A Good Deal Of His Working Life, In France And The French-speaking World. The Reminiscences Range Over Paris, Of Course, Bordeaux And Lyon With Their Rich Historic And Gastronomic Treasures; Regional Corners Such As Grignan, In Provence, With Its Elegant Literary Connections, And The Curiously-named Condom (in Gascony) With Its Links To The Three Musketeers, And Then Marseille With Its Maritime Links To The French Colonial World And To Outremer, To Far-away French-influenced Places Such As Egypt, Indochina, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Quebec, Reunion Island And Tahiti. This Is A Light-hearted And Yet Thoughtful View Of A Wide And Often Little-known World, Presented Here In An Easily Accessible Form For Dreamers, Adventurers, And Armchair Travellers.