{"product_id":"lauragais-paperback","title":"Lauragais - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Duncan Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA journey through the past and present of a little-known area of south-west France. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores the people, places and events that shaped a land once too important to ignore. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA whole library has been written about the Lauragais in French, but virtually nothing in English.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lauragais lies in south-west France at the heart of Occitania. Today it is largely ignored by the millions who visit its neighbours each year - Toulouse and Carcassonne - but in times gone by it rarely escaped the attentions of the great and the good, or the ambitious and the avaricious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book with big characters - Simon de Montfort, the Black Prince, Thomas Jefferson and the Duke of Wellington among others - but most of all it tells the story of the people who have shaped this land, the living and the dead, families that have lived in the same house or village for hundreds of years. This is the story of their lives, their religion, their forgotten language and their environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the autoroute, a journey through the Lauragais will take you three-quarters of an hour, but all you will see are tantalising glimpses of gorgeous countryside and distant signs of human habitation. In this book, the author takes you on a more leisurely trip through time in a land that is endearingly modest about its illustrious past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50372851892461,"sku":"9781789015836","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/ZlhrydZJ0k9781789015836.webp?v=1785510652","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/lauragais-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}