Books for Lyon, Way of St. James and Lot
May 20th, 2007, 03:01 AM
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Books for Lyon, Way of St. James and Lot
Yes, I know there are many book threads, but the ones I've found are for Paris and the North of France...maybe I need to improve my search technique? What I would like are recommendations for Lyon, Way of St. James, and the Lot River valley. I particularly like historical fiction, history, mysteries...and yes a good romance. Therefore, any suggestions from "light" to "meaty" would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Julie
May 20th, 2007, 04:12 AM
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The Body in the Vestibule by Katherine Hall Page is a (Faith Fairchild) mystery set in Lyons.
A big chunk of David Lodge's Therapy is set on the St. James pilgrimage route
I would google variations of St. James Way, Santiago de Compestela plus books
http://www.csj.org.uk/bibliog.htm
seems to have a lot of suggestions
A big chunk of David Lodge's Therapy is set on the St. James pilgrimage route
I would google variations of St. James Way, Santiago de Compestela plus books
http://www.csj.org.uk/bibliog.htm
seems to have a lot of suggestions
May 20th, 2007, 04:32 AM
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There are great travelogues on the Way of St. James such as "Travels with my Donkey". Very funny account of a British writer who takes a donkey on the French route of the Way of St. James with sometimes touching, most of the time hilarious results.
Paulo Coelho' first book was "The Pilgrimage" also worth a read. I read this book as well as many others on the Way of St. James in Spanish, but I hear the translation of Coelho's work is good.
Again, I truly encourage you to consider travelogues as a reading genre. I find so many of them are incredibly fascinating.
So, are you planning a trek to any of those locales?? Have fun!!
Paulo Coelho' first book was "The Pilgrimage" also worth a read. I read this book as well as many others on the Way of St. James in Spanish, but I hear the translation of Coelho's work is good.
Again, I truly encourage you to consider travelogues as a reading genre. I find so many of them are incredibly fascinating.
So, are you planning a trek to any of those locales?? Have fun!!
May 20th, 2007, 06:53 AM
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Travels with a Donkey is about Robert Louis Stevenson's trip in the Cevennes
since my earlier post I managed to find the travel book about the pilgrimage route we have in our bookshelves: Off the Road by Jack Hitt, which I remember as quite entertaining.
And I notice I mis-spelled Compostela in my first post.
since my earlier post I managed to find the travel book about the pilgrimage route we have in our bookshelves: Off the Road by Jack Hitt, which I remember as quite entertaining.
And I notice I mis-spelled Compostela in my first post.
May 21st, 2007, 02:07 AM
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Thanks for the beginning of my summer reading list. Yes, I do read travelogues and have travelled the world by keeping them at my bedside. Yes, I am headed to all of these places this summer. The current itinerary is Lyon, LePuy-Conques on foot self-guided tour, Lot River Valley doing self-created driving tour, Paris for 5 days, and then following a nephew along the Paris-Brest-Paris randonee bike race. Whew what a month we'll have. I promise a trip report... now I'm off to work then the library to locate some of these suggestions....please send more. Julie
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Not a book, but the movie "Lucie Aubrac" takes place in Lyon and is based on her autobiographical novel, which deals with the activities of a Resistance cell during WW II. Good story, excellent acting, and great photography. Lucie died just this past March. Recommend this film.
