Pat W. (3ladybug) reviewed on 2/7/2015 + 531 more book reviews

Tindall, who in English, writes about the lives of the inhabitants of Chassignolles. Tindall had discovered a packet of letters written to Celestine Chaumette, the local innkeeper's daughter, in the early 1860's. From the letters, documents, and her own encounters, she writes about the people of Chassignolles. Her writing is from the French Revolution to the present: covering a fundamental change and almost invisible continuity of an era of French history. Many stories of this particular area of the French culture are shared in the book; a great read for those interested in French history and social change.

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