The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence - Softcover

Michael Jacobs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500289964 ISBN 13: 9780500289969

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. It is in its smaller communities that the true Provençal spirit can be found. Hugh Palmers radiant photographs and Michael Jacobs evocative accounts of the most beautiful villages of Provence opens with the villages of Vaucluse and the Bouches-du-Rhône, then moves east through the Var to the mountains of the Alpine départments and its fortified hill villages, drawing together the special characteristics of the region. In the brilliant sunlight falling across the tightly grouped terracotta roofs and the velvety shade beneath great plane trees in an ancient square, the authors encounter the country of Marcel Pagnol and Jean de Florette, the best-loved of all French provinces. The photographs of simple churches, fountains, shady squares and cobbled lanes demand leisurely observation beautiful. Highly recommended for travel and architecture collections Library Journal

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Review:

To gaze on the evocative photographs by Hugh Palmer is to dream of joining the multiplying numbers of Americans embarking for holidays there. --House Beautiful

A book that will whet the appetite of those who have not been there and give pleasant remembrance to those who have. --Booklist

This book is a glowing celebration of the lovely villages of Provence. --Destination France

About the Author:

Michael Jacobs has written many books on European travel, including the Penguin Guide to Provence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500289964
• ISBN 13: 9780500289969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216