LEADER 02875nam 2200649 450 001 9910821003703321 005 20230207213905.0 010 $a1-282-87621-X 010 $a9786612876219 010 $a1-4411-8088-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055080 035 $a(EBL)601979 035 $a(OCoLC)676697628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413227 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11258045 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413227 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381100 035 $a(PQKB)11428949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601979 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309470 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003019 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3003019 035 $a(OCoLC)928191624 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055080 100 $a20180315h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe British in France $evisitors and residents since the Revolution /$fPeter Thorold 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, [New York] :$cContinuum,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (292 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84725-234-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Note on French Names and Translations; Introduction; Chronology of Events; 1 The False Start; 2 Travelling Before the Railways; 3 A Tumultuous Entente; 4 Pau and the Spas; 5 The Transport Revolution; 6 Rosbif and Frog; 7 The Riviera; 8 Babylon; 9 The Atlantic Coast; 10 Displacement; 11 The Rural Idyll; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aCountless British visit France each year and over 100,000 live there permanently, successors to generations of their countrymen. This book, starting with the brief and poignant Peace of Amiens, 1801-1803, studies who they were - ranging from businessmen and artisans to rentiers, invalids and tourists - where they went and the reasons why. While some went for fun, to Paris 'where the social arts are carried to perfection' or to Monte Carlo, Biarritz or Deauville, the invalids favoured the Pyrenees or Savoy, making Pau the 'ville anglaise'. Bordeaux was an example of another town where the Briti 606 $aBritish$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aBritish$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aFrance$xSocial life and customs 607 $aFrance$xRelations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xRelations$zFrance 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 676 $a944.0042 676 $a944.00421 676 $a944/.0042 700 $aThorold$b Peter$01672440 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821003703321 996 $aThe British in France$94035795 997 $aUNINA