num_pages: 210
description: Provence, where Lawrence Durrell has lived for 30 years, is the motif of this book. It offers the traveller intriguing things they will not find elsewhere and preserves memories and cameos of the Midi and its people. The book aims to capture the essential spirit of the land and those of its warriors, historians, philosophers and poets. The Romans gave form to Provence and Durrell looks at the road systems, the Pont du Gard, the Maison Carrée, the arenas, theatres, arches, bridges, memorials and towns. There are chapters on the author's enthusiasms such as bullfighting, the mediaeval Courts of Love and the troubadours, the meals and strange drinks, burial customs, coins and fountains and the favours of Cunegonde. 19 of the author's poem are included. - With 40 colour photographs by Harry Peccinotti.
language: English
title: Caesar's Vast Ghost: Aspects of Provence
titlecomplete: Caesar's Vast Ghost: Aspects of Provence
genres: France, Memoir, Nonfiction, Ancient History, Travel, History
ratings_count: 146
publisher: Faber and Faber