Ô PINACLES ! Francis Lacloche

16.5 x 23 cm / 156 pages / February 2017  

isbn: 978-2-35137-211-1

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A guidebook? Not really. A book of stories? Not really. An erudite ballad? Well, sometimes. 

But it's certainly a walk in the park, in the manner of the thorough and nosy guidebooks of centuries gone by. In other words, the discovery of a stretch of land seen from all angles: a loop of the Seine (the fourth leaving Paris) where Vétheuil, La Roche-Guyon and Chantemesle nestle, boves, pinnacles and castles, foraging animals and strolling artists...

And - just like at school! And - just like at school! - we discover the geography of this loop, its history, its eminences, those of nature and those, more human, of princes, their guests and of course artists of all kinds who are still attracted by nature and the incredible light today. 

Not forgetting the invigorating exercise of taking side roads, unmarked paths and impromptu detours.