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Word: limousine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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This fascinating book is a Practical guide as well as a delightful volume to read. It takes the reader from Angers, the ancient capital of Anjou, to Poitiers, the Limousin, the Velay, Auvergne, and the Bourbons to Bourges in the Berry, including not only the chief towns, but the picturesque countryside. With over 200 Illustrations, boxed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

...Wimsey, a delightfully indolent young clubman, assisted by the usual Watson and a splendidly upstage butler named Bunter, at last discovers the solution not only to this problem but others involving much mystery and confusion. The best thing of its kind since The Red House Mystery. MY FRIEND FROM LIMOUSIN−Jean Giraudoux−Harper ($2.00). Awarded the Prix Balzac for 1922, this highly original and satiric novel, should prove a most acceptable literary plate of anchovy sandwiches for those who like a certain fantastic grace and suppleness in their reading matter. The plot−involving a Frenchman picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Jun. 18, 1923 | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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