Inspiration:
Literature
For literature lovers, these literary sights and activities can help bring a city break to life!
Marseille
Episode 10: A Marseille Anthology
Our Marseille Anthology includes some travel writing, plus a range of fiction pieces set in the city, from detective stories ...
Marseille
Episode 9: Marcel Pagnol in and around Marseille
The author and film-maker Marcel Pagnol is inextricably linked with Marseille – where he lived, set some of his early ...
Bordeaux
Episode 10: Literary Bordeaux : an Anthology
Our introduction to literary Bordeaux begins with a trio of famous Bordeaux authors, the ‘3 Ms’ – philosophers Montaigne and ...
Seville
Episode 13: Stories of Seville
Fictional characters who make the city famous This episode is devoted to some of the best-known stories of Seville whose ...
Seville
Episode 12: Travel Writers on Seville
There are so many excellent travel writers on Seville. This post begins with a few short quotes, then we recommend ...
Paris
Episode 22: fiction set in Paris
This last post in the series offers a look at fiction set in Paris. Four different novelists take us from ...
Paris
Episode 20: Memoirs of Paris
This post presents the work of 6 writers who wrote memoirs of Paris. There’s 17th century gossip, along with the ...
Paris
Episode 19: Two Literary Houses in Paris
We visit the two best-known literary houses in Paris, the Maison de Balzac in the 16th arrondissement and the Maison ...
London
Episode 26: Literary London
London through prose, poetry and literary walking tours This episode collects together information on Literary London, beginning with a list ...
London
Episode 25: London Diarists And Travel Writers
This post looks first at the musings of London diarists and other writers who have penned interesting thoughts on visiting ...
