French Impressions: the Dordogne River
Subtitle From source to sea
By George East
Published by
La Puce Publications
ISBN 9781908747297
Category Non-Fiction
Summer 2015
Synopsis
One of France’s most iconic rivers, the Dordogne emerges as a trickle from the slopes of a dead volcano in the Auvergne. Then it makes its meandering way westwards to where it empties into the sea to the north of Bordeaux.
On its long journey through the heart of France, the Dordogne constantly changes direction, size, shape and mood as it traverses six departments and five regions. It also passes through an ever-changing landscape of surprisingly diverse climates, cuisine and even language.
This feast of history, food, drink and culture offered more than enough of an excuse for travel writer and humorist George East and his wife Donella to follow the Dordogne from start to finish. They managed to spin out nearly a year of exploring the river, the towns along its banks - and the food and drink of each area. Look inside and you will find some truly remarkable recipes.
For sure, you will find this is not at all like your average travel book. You will find it crammed cover to cover with fascinating historical facts, reviews and recipes. Above all, you’ll find it filled with George’s sometimes quirky but always affectionate and certainly unique observations on a much-loved area of a great country.
Author's Biography
George’s eccentricity and sense of fun precedes him through life.
If anyone should know his onions about France and the French it is George, as he has been writing humorous, yet affectionate stories of his adventures and travels in and around France for the past 20 years.
Before taking up travel writing, George has enjoyed a diverse career path which included pickled onion manufacturer, private detective, night club bouncer, demolition engineer and seamstress, the only professional bed-tester in history and in his eventful spell as a publican he won the title of Worst Landlord in Britain for two consecutive years. He now lives near his place of birth in Hayling Island with his wife and dog in between his forays to foreign parts.
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