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Understanding French vide greniers, braderies and brocantes
Similar to flea markets and car boot sales, the season for these events starts in September
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Jardin des Cinq Sens: Yvoire’s magical lakeside garden
A brief history of a special French medieval garden on the banks of Lake Geneva in Haute-Savoie
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‘Village of cats’ in southern France is inspired by an old legend
Story of a young girl and her kittens has influenced the architecture of La Romieu, classified one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France
Trouble at Zero Hour
Trouble at Zero Hour – Rob Lofthouse, Heron, £13.99
THIS is three books in one as the ‘Zero Hour’ trilogy follows Robbie Stokes from his stomach-churning glider landing on D-Day to an airborne attack on Arnhem Bridge and the crossing of the Rhine.
A lot of history and a lot of fighting. First target is the Bénouville and Ramville bridges which they must take and hold to give the D-Day troops a way to clear the shores.
New recruit Robbie is in the thick of action where there is scarcely a let-up and, as ex-soldier Lofthouse knows exactly how it is. And tells it just as it would have felt as all hell was let loose.
