The Companion Guide to Burgundy (Companion Guides) - Softcover

Speaight, Robert; Pagan, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900639173 ISBN 13: 9781900639170

Publisher: Companion Guides, 1975

Synopsis

As elegant as it is exhaustive. The whole book has body and bouquet, [its author] is well-read, witty, relaxed and impeccably observant. GUARDIAN

Burgundy is one of the richest areas in France - rich in its art and architecture, its history, its food and wines, and its glorious countryside. Nowhere in Europe are there greater examples of the Romanesque: the basilica of the Madeleine at Vézelay, the sculptures of Gislebertus of Autun, the cathedral of St Philibert at Tournus. The very names of its vineyards - Corton, Chambertin, Montrachet - conjure up the robust and mature bouquet of the province. Once the abbeys at Cluny, Pontigny and Fontenay were the wellspring of medieval Christianity in Europe; now the spiritual community at Taizé speaks to the whole world. Nowhere in France is the sense of the past more immediate, nowhere does it so palpably inform the present.
On its first publication, the Companion Guide to Burgundy established itself as the indispensable guide to the region. In this extensively revised new edition, FRANCIS PAGAN has updated and expanded the text to provide the reader with the most knowledgeable, reliable and attentive guide now available to this most fascinating and hospitable region of France.

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Review:

For anyone planning a visit to Burgundy this Guide is indispensable.TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

About this edition

• Publisher: Companion Guides
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 1900639173
• ISBN 13: 9781900639170
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 424