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... surrounded the castle . Madame de Sévigné visited the castle soon after this escape . Besides the cardinal , the castle served as a prison to the infamous Gilles de Retz , or Rais , to Fouquet , and to Madame la Duchesse de Berri , who ...
... surrounded the castle . Madame de Sévigné visited the castle soon after this escape . Besides the cardinal , the castle served as a prison to the infamous Gilles de Retz , or Rais , to Fouquet , and to Madame la Duchesse de Berri , who ...
Page 47
... surrounded by flat meadows and backed by a range of sand - hills . It once stood much nearer the sea , but the old village of Escoublac has been completely swallowed by the sand . Even now clouds of sand blow over the present village ...
... surrounded by flat meadows and backed by a range of sand - hills . It once stood much nearer the sea , but the old village of Escoublac has been completely swallowed by the sand . Even now clouds of sand blow over the present village ...
Page 50
... surrounded by their gardens . While our breakfast was getting ready we went on to the church . It is a fine , impressive building . The older portion of the nave , which has not been restored , has a wooden roof , with quaintly carved ...
... surrounded by their gardens . While our breakfast was getting ready we went on to the church . It is a fine , impressive building . The older portion of the nave , which has not been restored , has a wooden roof , with quaintly carved ...
Page 55
... surrounded by salt - pans , with huge salt - heaps taking the place of hay - stacks at the angle of the enclosures round the cottages . The women looked tall and well - made , and their head - dress was rather peculiar than picturesque ...
... surrounded by salt - pans , with huge salt - heaps taking the place of hay - stacks at the angle of the enclosures round the cottages . The women looked tall and well - made , and their head - dress was rather peculiar than picturesque ...
Page 58
... surrounded by the sandy waste of salt pans , and TM rising from these the church towers of Batz and of La Guérande . Beyond the harbour is the Atlantic ; there is a fine sea - view from Mont Lenigo . The population seems to be partly ...
... surrounded by the sandy waste of salt pans , and TM rising from these the church towers of Batz and of La Guérande . Beyond the harbour is the Atlantic ; there is a fine sea - view from Mont Lenigo . The population seems to be partly ...
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