The French Chateau provides a privileged view into the special world that lies within France's grand historical houses, a view hitherto afforded only to a selected circle of the French aristocracy and their friends. These stately residences are not dusty uninhabited museums, but real homes. Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, herself born and brought up ...
The "Leopards" were an elite group of aristocrats who played out their extravagant lives in Sicily until the dawn of the 20th century. This book offers a visual tribute to their way of life.
A glorious celebration of French hospitality, this book explores France's passion for good food and entertaining. An intimate look behind the doors of some of the most charming, exotic, and unusual French homes reveals the recorative style of the rooms and the secrets of the wine cellar in 240 color illustrations.
This companion volume to the bestselling Monet's Table is a sumptuous evocation of the life, art, and dining style of one of the world's most celebrated Impressionist painters. It presents more than 60 recipes, accompanied by reproductions of Renoir's paintings and original full-color photos of turn-of-the-century French life.
Following the success of the hugely popular Monet's Table and Dining With Proust, the authors presents a gorgeously illustrated gastronomic journey through the sparkling bohemia of Toulous-Lautrec's Montmartre. Full color. Decorated endpapers. Ribbon marker.
This lavish book celebrates the life of painter Henri Matisse, in particular the early 1920s, which he spent in Nice and the Cote d'Azur. It includes photographs of some of the actual settings Matisse used in his paintings, and 60 recipes for foods he loved or that are representative of the region and the time.
In the county of Devon lie the roots of Agatha Christie's world. She lived most of her life there, and it provided the setting for many of her novels. Francois Riviere guides us on a romantic journey in Christie's footsteps, tracing the interleaved patterns of her private and fictional worlds.
This small gift book features illustrations and photographs, poetry and prose, and is designed to be posted. The price of a greetings card, it features a space for you to write a message inside the front cover, a space for an address on the back, and self-adhesive flaps so that it can be sealed.
Many artists are linked with particular landscapes. Paul Cezanne is linked with Provence. In this illustrated biography, the authors observe and describe his daily life, the food at his table and the cuisine of the region, as well as the painting trips to places all around which, through his art, have been so familiar to lovers of art. The local ...
For more than 20 years, Ernest Hemingway resided in Cuba. Retrace his fabled footsteps--and see the profound depths of the relationship between country and man. Tour his hideouts and hangouts, all shown in exceptional photographs: the Hotel Ambos Mundos, where he penned For Whom the Bell Tolls, the Floridita, Hemingway's preferred bar; the fishing ...
Part journal, part practical guide, this book documents the lifestyles of two French country households. In a practical section which is organized month-by-month, the authors offer recipes, from duck pate and onion tart to English muffins, and seasonal regimens for housekeeping and the garden.
This beautiful and fascinating book is about the eccentric, high living, cultivated and mostly idle Sicilian nobility that was immortalized by Giuseppe di Lampedusa in his best selling book "The Leopard." Old photographs, period documents, especially photographed grand palaces, landscapes, the accoutrements of daily life -- jewels, dresses, ...
This small gift book features illustrations and photographs, poetry and prose, and is designed to be posted. The price of a greetings card, it features a space for you to write a message inside the front cover, a space for an address on the back, and self-adhesive flaps so that it can be sealed.
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