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The Lazy Meuse Kindle Edition

by Bernard Newman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
From humble beginnings—a small stream near Langres in northeastern France—the river Meuse swells into a torrent, passing through Belgium before finally meeting the sea in Holland. With his trusty bicycle, George IV, Bernard Newman tracks its length, finding himself a variety of fortuitous encounters and comic misunderstandings along the way. Speaking to a progression of spirited locals, each with his or her own story to tell, Newman learns the ancient tale of the Meuse, along whose banks Joan of Arc once lived to weird and wonderful folktales that originate and where two European world wars were fought.

The Lazy Meuse offers a comical and ultimately optimistic jaunt across 1940s Europe and a poignant account of a landscape and people scarred by hardship and war. Between local history and mythology, tradition and change, conflict and peace, the Meuse flows on.
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  1. Print length
    239 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    7 Jun. 2017
  4. File size
    4.3 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072QKVRGQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peach Publishing (7 Jun. 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
  • Customer reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Bernard Newman

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Bernard Charles Newman (8 May 1897 – 19 February 1968) was a British author of over 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction. An historian, he was considered an authority on spies, but also wrote travel books and on politics. His fiction included espionage thrillers, mystery novels, science fiction and children's books.

The Bernard Newman Estate is now re-publishing his works on Kindle

Bernard Newman's Poland books have been translated into Polish and are now available

Pedalling Poland - Rowerem przez II RP: Niezwykła podróż po kraju którego już nie ma

Russia's Neighbour, The New Poland - Rowerem przez Polskę w ruinie

Portrait of Poland - Rowerem przez Polskę Ludową. Portret kraju z 1958 roku

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  • sheepshead
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Lazy Meuse, a bicycle journey through history.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2017
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    Bernard Newman is anything but lazy! His bicycle journey from the very source of the river Meuse in rural eastern France, across the breadth of Belgium and finishing in Holland at the sea is an exhilarating journey through this very old part of Europe. Newman had walked the length of the river in the 1920's and now re-visits it on his bicycle George IV. His descriptions of the people of the small villages and towns is very insightful. Traveling after the end of World War II, and having seen the entire length of the river 20 years earlier by foot, he has a perspective into how war transformed this region. I recommend this book very highly especially so as the production is of the highest quality and makes for a very entertaining and educational read.
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  • Brian Phelan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cycling post-WWII France, Belgium and Holland
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2018
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    I've read most of Newman's pre-war cycle travel books and this continues in the same style. The journey is an opportunity for history stories and encounters with people who have survived recent events. Newman himself fought in WWI so there are personal memories also. Particularly interesting are his comments on how each country was adapting to peace, each in a different way.
    I noticed however he makes one glaring mistake in attributing the french defeat in the Franco-Prussian War partly to their infantry's inferior rifle. The french Chassepot breech-loading rifle was in fact superior to the Prussian infantry rifle.
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  • WMP
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully enthralling book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2017
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    The reader is treated to an eloquent description, not only of the 200 miles of the river and its surrounding countryside but of the villages, towns and cities along the way. Each area is given a treatise on the various customs and industries past and present. The account is flavoured with the very many fascinating legends which are conjured up and much time is given to quite detailed lessons on the history of each region. This is a wonderfully enthralling book!
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  • Michael perez davidi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Time travel
    Reviewed in the United States on 26 July 2018
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    It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book as this. Deep,funny,gentle,and cry well written. Highly recommended for travel through time and history lovers.
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