Brittany & Its Byways
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Arriving at Cherbourg after a six-hour crossing from Poole, Bury Palliser begins a travel account that links the scenery of Brittany with its buildings, customs and older histories. Published in 1869, the book records a residence in the region and ranges through ports, inland towns and coastal places. Its contents point readers toward cathedrals, castles, ancient standing stones, local dress, fishing and salt production, with numerous illustrations accompanying the account.
Palliser often turns a stop on the route into a historical story. In the middle excerpt, a discussion of butter during Lent leads to Anne of Brittany, before a railway trip to Lorient and an account of Jeanne de Flandre's defence of Hennebont. These shifts between everyday practices, monuments and remembered events make the volume useful for readers interested in how a nineteenth-century traveller connected Breton places with regional identity.
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- Bury Palliser
- Pages
- 185
- Language
- English
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- History
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