Caesar's Vast Ghost. Aspects of Provence

Lawrence Durrell

ISBN 10: 0571137431 / ISBN 13: 9780571137435

Edité par Faber and Faber, London, 1990

A propos de cet article

xiv, 210 pages. 25 cm. Blue cloth with gilt letterings on spine. Frontispiece (color photo). Color pictorial end-papers. Illustrated with color photographs. Index. Printed on heavy paper. An unmarked, tight and bright book.

N° de réf. du vendeur 003962

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Caesar's Vast Ghost. Aspects of Provence
• Éditeur: Faber and Faber, London
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0571137431
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780571137435
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: With photographs by Harry Peccinotti
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Provence, where Lawrence Durrell has lived for 30 years, is the motif of this book. It offers the traveller intriguing things they will not find elsewhere and preserves memories and cameos of the Midi and its people. The book aims to capture the essential spirit of the land and those of its warriors, historians, philosophers and poets. The Romans gave form to Provence and Durrell looks at the road systems, the Pont du Gard, the Maison Carree, the arenas, theatres, arches, bridges, memorials and towns. There are chapters on the author's enthusiasms such as bullfighting, the mediaeval Courts of Love and the troubadours, the meals and strange drinks, burial customs, coins and fountains and the favours of Cunegonde. 19 of the author's poem are included.