... disaster strikes - or so the children believe! Barbara is taken to France to see Paris by her father's formidable sister, Aunt Anne. She stays on in Brittany to perfect her French. In this series of funny stories about her adventures in France, we meet a cast of recurring characters - and both Barbara and Aunt Anne find love! (Summary by Sibella Denton)...

.... . . . . .12 New Kid on the Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 3 BREAKOUT IN BRITTANY . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Patton’s Playground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Combat Operations Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 The Lure from the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Notes . . . . . . . ...

...bibing an irresistible love-potion. Before his decease, Tristram's lawful wife - Iseult of Ireland - arrives in time to share his deathbed. Iseult of Brittany graciously accedes to their request to be buried near each other - in a splendidly-constructed mausoleum back in King Mark's Tyntagel (sic.) in Cornwall. Iseult of Brittany survives to raise Tristram's children in is...

...ppellation from having been, in ancient times, the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. As London increased, however, rank and fashion rolled off to th...

...looks down with an air of motherly protection. This quarter derives its appellation from having been, in ancient times, the residence of the Dukes of Brittany....

...garouet, without a fortune, but belonging to one of the oldest families in Brittany. When the second revolution burst on Monsieur de Fontaine he was e...

...u, who valued the alliance at a high figure, he married Mademoiselle de Kergarouet, without a fortune, but belonging to one of the oldest families in Brittany....

...by the Fulbert (who was a Church official), Abelard was assaulted by a hired thug and castrated, and Heloise entered a convent. Abelard was exiled to Brittany, where he lived as monk. Eventually Heloise became abbess of the Oratory of the Paraclete, an abbey which Abelard had founded. It was at this time that they exchanged their famous letters, presented in this book. The...

........................................................ 16 Just a Housewife? Brittany Preslock ............................................................ ...ked up Just a Housewife? Brittany Preslock 17 V olume 6 on schemes. I then realized that rules were...

...he Good Life Brian Leach ....................................................................................................... 16 Just a Housewife? Brittany Preslock ................................................................................................................. 17 Technology in My Life Bryan Hunsinger .......................................................

...face, I gave him a weak smile. “From the bottle in my hand, I’d have to say Brittany Spears’ Curious.” “You attempted to kill me with a designer fr...

...e country, and told him how there was in the country of Constantine beside Brittany, a great giant which had slain, mur- dered and devoured much peopl... ...dren be all slain and destroyed; and now late he hath taken the Duchess of Brittany as she rode with her meiny, and hath led her to his lodging which ... ...d, the which was the fairest of all the world, wife to Sir Howell, Duke of Brittany, he hath murdered her in forcing her, and hath slit her unto the n... ...ll France fight against thee; and so had I, said Sir Bors, liefer than all Brittany or Burgoyne. Then a knight named Sir Gainus, nigh cousin to the em... ...r thou be-bleedest all thy horse and thy fair arms, for all the barbers of Brittany shall not con staunch thy blood, for whosomever is hurt with this ...

...itted, behaved Raced (rased), tore Rack (of bulls), herd Raines, a town in Brittany famous for its cloth Ramping, raging Range, rank, station Ransacke...

...itted, behaved Raced (rased), tore Rack (of bulls), herd Raines, a town in Brittany famous for its cloth Ramping, raging Range, rank, station Ransacke...

... the obeissance of King Arthur. So was the King of France, and the King of Brittany , and all the lordships unto Rome. So when this King Meliodas had ... ...d well. Then it befell that King Meliodas wedded King Howell’s daughter of Brittany, and anon she had children of King Meliodas: then was she heavy an... .... This cry was made in England, Wales, Scotland, and also in France and in Brittany. It befell upon a day La Beale Isoud came unto Sir Tramtrist, and ... ...y, La Beale Isoud, may not help thee, therefore she biddeth you haste into Brittany to King Howel, and there ye shall find his daughter, Isoud la Blan... ...ail gat them shipping, and so 59 Le Morte Darthur – Book VIII sailed into Brittany. And when King Howel wist that it was Sir Tristram he was full gla... ...she healed him. CHAPTER XXXVI How Sir Tristram served in war King Howel of Brittany, and slew his adversary in the field. T here was an earl that high... ...he town with such fellowship as he might make, and did such deeds that all Brittany spake of him. And then, at the last, by great might and force, he ... ... of King Arthur , and of Sir Lamorak. T hen departed Sir Suppinabiles unto Brittany again, and there he found Sir Tristram, and told him that he had b... ... the untruth of Sir Tristram, and how he had wedded the king’s daughter of Brittany. Queen Guenever sent her another letter, and bade her be of good c...

...es in a wheat-field. Some of them wore wooden shoes, which the peasants of Brittany make for them- selves; but the greater number had heavy hobnailed ... ... The 7 Balzac departments of the West, known under the name of La Vendee, Brittany, and a portion of Lower Normandy, which had been tranquil for the ... ...f the measures that were most opportune to take, was anxious to wring from Brittany every one of her contingents, more especially that of Fougeres, wh... ...dvanced pay promised by the government to these exceptional levies. Though Brittany had hitherto refused all kinds of military service under the Repub... ...stood stock-still in a prophetic attitude, as though he were the Genius of Brittany rising from a slumber of three years, to renew a war in which vict... ... of the road, the ridges of which were covered with the broom and gorse of Brittany; then he suddenly turned them full on the stranger, whom he subjec... ...in a little village of La Vendee, where she spent a few days of her exile. Brittany is the region in all France where the manners and customs of the G... ... but also as proud, as crafty, and as enduring as they. The position which Brittany occupies in the centre of Europe makes it more interesting to obse... ... the rector. Consequently, it was the voice of the priesthood which roused Brittany against the Repub- lic, and sent thousands of men, five years befo...

...acobins, at Roland’s, pelted in Assembly, arrested, trial of, guillotined. BRITTANY, disturbances in. BROGLIE, Marshal, against Plenary Court, in comm... ...Marseillese. DUMONT, on Mirabeau. DUMOURIEZ, notice by, account of him, in Brittany, at Nantes, in La Vendee, sent for to Paris, Foreign Minister, dis...

....P.W. 4 Balzac BEATRIX I A BRETON TOWN AND MANSION F RANCE, especially in Brittany, still possesses certain towns completely outside of the movement ... ... . in the depths of Pitou, and of still more ancient times in the towns of Brittany. Most of these towns have fallen from states of splendor never men... ... tradition of this splendor still lives in the memory of the people,—as in Brittany, where the native char- acter allows no forgetfulness of things wh... ...tty town overlooks a salt-marsh, the product of which is called throughout Brittany the Guerande salt, to which many Bretons attribute the excellence ... ...ich comes du Guesclin, issued from the du Guaisnics. Old as the granite of Brittany, the Guaisnics are neither Frenchmen nor Gauls,—they are Bretons; ... ... Guaisnic. All the lands belonging to the barony of Guaisnic, the first in Brittany, are pledged to farmers, and bring in sixty thousand francs a year... ...ect of laughter in Paris, were it known there —is to Guerande the whole of Brittany. In Guerande the Baron du Guaisnic is one of the great barons of F... ...sories of the building, the spirit, grace, and candor of the old and noble Brittany still survives. Without the topography and descrip- tion of the to... ... Baron du Guenic had started from Guerande the mo- ment that La Vendee and Brittany took arms; he fought through the war with Charette, with Catheline...

...uguiere, a composer to whom we are indebted for many charming melodies. In Brittany, the young villagers sing this song to all newly-married couples o... ...ly reigns, hardly to be defined; caused, perhaps, by the aspect of life in Brittany, which is deeply touching. This power of awakening a world of grav... ...which stuck out at the hips,— the jacket of blue cloth which is classic in Brittany; there, too, were the waistcoat of printed cotton, the linen shirt... ...ty. “Where is the little girl now?” asked Monsieur Tiphaine, politely. “In Brittany,” said Rogron. “Brittany is a large place,” remarked Monsieur Leso... ... which was now painfully repressed by the cold greeting of her cousins. If Brittany had been full of outward misery, at least it was full of love. The... ...cleanliness. A great girl like you ought to be clean. Weren’t you clean in Brittany? But I recollect when I went down there to buy thread it was piti-... ...ing but how to love, made a pretty , childish gesture. “What did you do in Brittany?” asked Rogron. “I played,” she answered, naively. “Everybody play... ...g round her, that the bold idea of escaping, on foot and without money, to Brittany and to her grandparents took possession of her mind. Two events hi... ...could not see the end. Pierrette was ill; she was not happy; she pined for Brittany—what was the matter with 70 Pierrette her? All these questions pa...

.... The spot was at the farther end of Croisic, a dainty little peninsula in Brittany; it was far from the port, and so inaccessible that the coast- gua... ... transportation are too heavy to allow them to use the firewood with which Brittany abounds. This region is fine for none but noble souls; persons wit...

...ke and Count each bringing twelve men with them, all unarmed. Duke Alan of Brittany was one on our side, Count Bernard here another, old Count Bothon ... ...h their grave mournful faces, speak- ing of the corpse, which Duke Alan of Brittany was escort- ing to Rouen, there to be buried beside the old Duke R... ... formed into a procession behind him, according to their ranks—the Duke of Brittany first, and then all the rest, down to the poorest knight who held ... ...ifted up to his throne, and then came the paying him homage; Alan, Duke of Brittany, was the first to kneel before him, and with his hand between thos... ... to be his man, to obey him, and pay him feudal service for his dukedom of Brittany. In return, Richard swore to be his good Lord, and to protect him ... ...ice of Bernard de Harcourt, call- ing him to rouse up, and bid the Duke of Brittany farewell. “Poor child!” said Duke Alan, as Richard rose up, startl... ...and should that be, remem- ber that thou hast no surer friend than Alan of Brittany. Fare thee well, my young Duke.” “Farewell, Sir,” said Richard, wi... ...uin of Montreuil, and how far the friendship of Hugh of Paris, and Alan of Brittany might be trusted. Very tired of all this did Richard grow, especia... ... Osmond. “There must surely be a great arrival of the vassals. The Duke of Brittany, perhaps.” “Oh,” said Richard, piteously, “we have had one council...

...to wilful poverty, and forsaken many lands, and his name is Sir Baudwin of Brittany, and he is a full noble surgeon and a good leech. Now let see, hel... ...d appeal them of his death. With this came the holy hermit, Sir Baudwin of Brittany, and when he found Sir Launcelot in that plight he said but little... ... down King Uriens; and the King of Northumberland smote down King Howel of Brittany; and Sir Galahad, the haut prince, smote down Chaleins of Clarance...

...argaret and Isabel, were already contracted to the Dauphin and the Duke of Brittany, and were soon sent to their new homes. The little King, the one d... ...at would not have served her better. If she were as dull as the Duchess of Brittany—who they say can scarce find a word to give to a stranger at Nante... ..., and if their situation was known, the King, the Dauphin, and the Duke of Brittany would be certain one or other to rescue them by force of arms, if ... ...at her sisters were safe, see them again, and send them under safe care to Brittany. She exacted a promise from Dame Lilias never to leave them again ... ...t as to speaking of terms, my brothers-in-law, the Dauphin and the Duke of Brittany, may have something to say to them.’ ‘Exactly so,’ replied the old... ...nd your lady safely conducted without ransom to the borders of Normandy or Brittany, as you may list.’ ‘And think you, sir,’ returned Eleanor, quiveri... ... of Savoy. Now Jean was in feature very like her sister Isabel, Duchess of Brittany, who was a very beautiful woman, but not far from being imbecile, ... ...of Angus had better openly take leave of the Court and start on the way to Brittany. No opposition would be made, though if Louis suspected Lady Jean’... ...ns for them and also some more delicate wares, destined for the Duchess of Brittany. He was himself in riding gear, and a troop of armed servants awai...