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EAN : 9782258198968
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Pages : 432
Size : 140 x 225 mm
The Wine Growers of Chantegrêle

Collection : Terres de France
Release date : 07/07/2022
Corrèze, mid-19th century. Apogee and decline of the lord of Jandelles, immovable in his
conservatism and privilege, impotent in the face of the new wind sweeping through the end of the century and a sickness devastating his vines: phylloxera.
In the 1850's, the lowlands of Correze had sixteen thousand hectares under vines. In Chantegrêle, Count Firmin de Jandelles reigned as absolute master over his Château du Mazet and its vast vineyard, a family heritage dating back more than three centuries. The lord of the manor is less concerned with... In the 1850's, the lowlands of Correze had sixteen thousand hectares under vines. In Chantegrêle, Count Firmin de Jandelles reigned as absolute master over his Château du Mazet and its vast vineyard, a family heritage dating back more than three centuries. The lord of the manor is less concerned with his vines, his cellars and his business than with the pretty peasant women who live on his land. But times are changing... For Jandelles, a final fling with his mistress Manelle, a wild young woman, sounds the death knell of an era of great luxury: he is ill, his authority is contested, the rivalries between Bonapartists and republicans are fading and the Third Republic is established. But the worst is yet to come when his vines are threatened by the arrival of a devastating insect: phylloxera...
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EAN : 9782258198968
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 432
Size : 140 x 225 mm
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