Mentone And Its Neighbourhood: The Past And Present

By George Müller, James Ewing Somerville, George A Mller

Book Overview

An alert, curious eye turns to Mentone and its neighbourhood in this nineteenth-century account. Step into Menton's luminous past. Part travelogue, part historical local guide, the text belongs to Victorian travel literature while offering the immediacy and particularity prized by armchair travel readers and local history enthusiasts. As nineteenth-century nonfiction it records landscape, local customs and the rhythms of a coastal town without the varnish of later guidebooks; its observational tone links it to classic travel memoirs from the grand tour period yet remains plainly useful as a reference for Provence historical context. Its voice is alert rather than ornamental: plain observation, occasional anecdote and a steady attention to detail make the text readable for modern audiences while remaining faithful to its era. When read alongside other classic travel memoirs the book yields comparative insights into the grand tour period and the early tastes that shaped French Riviera travel. Archivists and programmes in cultural heritage studies will find the volume a practical witness to Mediterranean coastal history, while local history enthusiasts and collectors of nineteenth-century nonfiction will value its contribution to assembling the social and topographical patchwork of 1800s Menton, France. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A readable companion for armchair travel readers and local history enthusiasts, and a desirable addition for classic-literature collectors. Evocative yet exact, the work rewards both casual reading and scholarly curiosity. Students assembling comparative accounts of seaside life on the Riviera will value the particulars preserved here; so too will local history enthusiasts tracing the town's changing fortunes. For collectors, the edition pairs faithful textual presentation with contemporary readability, making it a tasteful companion to other classic travel memoirs of the era. Read as travel, as local history, or as cultural evidence, it is a rare Victorian window onto Provence and the Mediterranean's nineteenth-century seaboard.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354188354
• ISBN13: 9789354188350
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 580 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"