Chateau and Country Life in France


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Mary King Waddington was the American daughter of Charles King, ninth president of Columbia University, and the granddaughter of New York Senator Rufus King. She moved to France with her parents in 1871, and three years later married William Waddington, French diplomat and statesman. After Waddington’s death in 1894, Mary published two volumes of memoirs of life as a diplomat’s wife. In 1909 she followed up with Chateau and Country Life in France, which describes her later life in the French countryside. Its chapters tell of chateaux visits, holidays and festivals, and country customs, and are a mix of more formal memoir pieces and sections that read like diary entries or chatty letters to American friends.
- Summary by Colleen McMahon (7 hr 46 min)

Capítulos

Chapter I Chateau Life, Part 1 29:26 Leído por Jenn Broda
Chapter I Chateau Life, Part 2 22:56 Leído por Jenn Broda
Chapter II Country Visits, Part 1 25:59 Leído por Adam Gammons
Chapter II Country Visits, Part 2 16:12 Leído por zzy55
Chapter II Country Visits, Part 3 30:00 Leído por zzy55
Chapter III The Home of Lafayette 23:40 Leído por Lucy Kempton
Chapter IV Winter at the Chateau, Part 1 26:43 Leído por Melinda Fogle
Chapter IV Winter at the Chateau, Part 2 31:40 Leído por zzy55
Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 1 25:31 Leído por Florence
Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 2 32:42 Leído por Florence
Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 3 25:04 Leído por Florence
Chapter VI Christmas in the Valois, Part 1 21:14 Leído por KevinS
Chapter VI Christmas in the Valois, Part 2 18:02 Leído por KevinS
Chapter VII A Racine Celebration 31:47 Leído por Lucy Kempton
Chapter VIII A Corner of Normandy 28:17 Leído por Lucy Kempton
Chapter IX A Norman Town 26:34 Leído por Lucy Kempton
Chapter X Norman Chateaux 21:06 Leído por Alex Foster
Chapter XI Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Part 1 21:16 Leído por Dyla
Chapter XI Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Part 2 8:35 Leído por Tatiana Chichilla