Starting from Cherbourg and travelling down through the Cotentin into Brittany, the historian of lace describes cathedrals, châteaux, lace-schools, inn-signs, local dress and the old customs of each town. History is never far away: the Vendean wars, the dukes of Brittany and Duchess Anne, who won the Bretons leave to eat butter in Lent.
A leisurely Victorian guide rich in local lore, with a chronology of the Breton dukes at the back. Download the free EPUB.