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What would Hamo do for love, in medieval Lisieux?

It is always an irritation to great men when the minutiae of daily life distracts them from working on their greatness. So it was for Bishop Arnulf of Lisieux.  A rebellious sort of love got in his way. The overbearing Bishop By all accounts a remarkable man, Arnulf parlayed a rich inheritance, fabulous

Château d’Ô Dear!

Sharp turrets, silver tipped in the moonlight against an inky sky.  Our vintage postcard depicting J. Hugo d'Alès’ illustration of Château d'Ô was a tempting romantic marvel. A slight kink, a bend in one cardboard corner rendered the postcard delicate and somehow more precious.  We placed it carefully within a plastic pocket. We

The strange saints of Notre Dame in Louviers, Normandy

Even from this distance we could see all sorts of interesting stone twiddly bits adorning the blessed walls of L'église Notre-Dame, the church of Our Lady.  We were in Louviers, just south of Rouen, partly for lunch and partly to match a postcard of the main street with a church

Beauty, decay and revolution touch tiny Chambray

Our charming Chambray  postcard shows a rough road, smart gates and a well dressed child being shepherded by an elegant lady with a marvellous hat. This is not the Chambray Château at Gouville, whose history is bottomless, that would be too easy.  This is a tiny hamlet with the same name

Amazing new Cahaignes postcard match! Château interior…

Amazed to find this postcard of the old château library at Cahaignes before it fell into disrepair - see our original post here - and delighted to find we had already taken a photo match (below). Do you have a photo of the château interior before it was abandoned? We would love

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