Breton

Author : Joseph F. Conroy
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
ISBN 13 : 9780781805407
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breton-English/English-Breton written by Joseph F. Conroy and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breton, the language of Western Brittany in Northern France, is a Celtic language related to Cornish, Welsh and Irish. This is a Breton/English, English/Breton dictionary and phrasebook, giving an introduction to this ancient tongue, with a review of Breton grammar and common phrases.

Author : R. J. Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781895415858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise Again! written by R. J. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert J. Morgan has been Senior Historian at the Fortress of Louisbourg and Professor of History at Cape Breton University.

Author : Jean-Marie Deguignet
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 9781583226162
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Breton Peasant written by Jean-Marie Deguignet and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards by most French standards; formal education among rural society was either unavailable or dismissed as unnecessary, while the church and local myth defined most people's reasoning and motivation. Jean-Marie Déguignet is unique not only as a literate Breton peasant, but in his skepticism for the church, his interest in science, astronomy and languages, and for his keen—often caustic—observations of the world and people around him. Born into rural poverty in 1834, Déguignet escapes Brittany by joining the French Army in 1854, and over the next fourteen years he fights in the Crimean war, attends Napoleon III’s coronation ceremonies, supports Italy’s liberation struggle, and defends the hapless French puppet emperor Maximilian in Mexico. He teaches himself Latin, French, Italian and Spanish and reads extensively on history, philosophy, politics, and literature. He returns home to live as a farmer and tobacco-seller, eventually falling back into dire poverty. Throughout the tale, Deguignet’s freethinking, almost anarchic views put him ahead of his time and often (sadly, for him) out of step with his contemporaries. Déguignet’s voluminous journals (nearly 4,000 pages in total) were discovered in a farmhouse in Brittany a century after they were written. This narrative was drawn from them and became a surprise bestseller when published in France in 1998.

Author : Prof Wendy Davies *Nfa*
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134222629
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Breton Landscape written by Prof Wendy Davies *Nfa* and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Nina George
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0451495594
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little French Bistro written by Nina George and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings. Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as “the end of the world.” Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all seem to have, taking pleasure in life’s small moments. And, as the parts of herself she had long forgotten return to her in this new world, Marianne learns it’s never too late to begin the search for what life should have been all along. With all the buoyant charm that made The Little Paris Bookshop a beloved bestseller, The Little French Bistro is a tale of second chances and a delightful embrace of the joys of life in France.

Author : Nicholas Breton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton: Verse written by Nicholas Breton and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malachy McKenna
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110938154
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Modern Spoken Breton written by Malachy McKenna and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne Laskaya
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 : 1580444679
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle English Breton Lays written by Anne Laskaya and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to make the Middle English Breton lays available to teachers and students of the Middle Ages. Breton lays were produced by or after the fashion of Marie de France in the twelfth century and claim to be "literary versions of lays sung by ancient Bretons to the accompaniment of the harp." The poems edited in this volume are considered distinctly "English" Breton lays because of their focus on the family values of late medieval England. With the volume's helpful glosses, notes, introductions, and appendices, the door is opened for students to study Middle English poetry and the medieval family alike.

Author : Jean-Marie Deguignet
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609803469
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Breton Peasant written by Jean-Marie Deguignet and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards by most French standards; formal education among rural society was either unavailable or dismissed as unnecessary, while the church and local myth defined most people's reasoning and motivation. Jean-Marie Déguignet is unique not only as a literate Breton peasant, but in his skepticism for the church, his interest in science, astronomy and languages, and for his keen—often caustic—observations of the world and people around him. Born into rural poverty in 1834, Déguignet escapes Brittany by joining the French Army in 1854, and over the next fourteen years he fights in the Crimean war, attends Napoleon III’s coronation ceremonies, supports Italy’s liberation struggle, and defends the hapless French puppet emperor Maximilian in Mexico. He teaches himself Latin, French, Italian and Spanish and reads extensively on history, philosophy, politics, and literature. He returns home to live as a farmer and tobacco-seller, eventually falling back into dire poverty. Throughout the tale, Deguignet’s freethinking, almost anarchic views put him ahead of his time and often (sadly, for him) out of step with his contemporaries. Déguignet’s voluminous journals (nearly 4,000 pages in total) were discovered in a farmhouse in Brittany a century after they were written. This narrative was drawn from them and became a surprise bestseller when published in France in 1998.

Author : Anjela Duval
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889465701
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Modern Breton Political Poet, Anjela Duval written by Anjela Duval and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text seeks to contribute to women's studies by means of its focus on the compelling poetry of a woman who was little known outside her natal territory and wrote in a now-threatened minority language. An introductory section traces the poet's life and her place in Brittany's history and poetic tradition. The poems themselves are presented in their original language and in translation, with appropriate annotations.