title: The Essence of Provence: The Story of L'Occitane
author: Pierre Magnan
description: Pierre Magnan is an acclaimed French writer, and the author of over twenty works of fiction and nonfiction. He lives in France.
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  Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I.
  
  
  [PREFACE.](Account%20of%20a%20Tour%20in%20Normandy%2c_split_001.html#filepos7706)
  
  [LETTER I. ARRIVAL AT DIEPPE—SITUATION AND
  
  
  APPEARANCE OF THE TOWN—COSTUME OF THE PEOPLE—INHABITANTS OF THE
  
  
  SUBURB OF POLLET.
  
  [LETTER II. DIEPPE—CASTLE—CHURCHES—HISTORY OF THE
  
  
  PLACE—FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION.
  
  [LETTER III. CAESAR'S CAMP—CASTLE OF
  ARQUES.](Account%20of%20a%20Tour%20in%20Normandy%2c_split_001.html#filepos62606)
  
  [LETTER IV. JOURNEY FROM DIEPPE TO ROUEN—PRIORY OF
  
  
  LONGUEVILLE—ROUEN—BRIDGE OF BOATS—COSTUME OF THE INHABITANTS.
  
  [LETTER V. JOURNEY TO HAVRE—PAYS DE CAUX—ST.
  
  
  VALLERY—FECAMP—THE PRECIOUS BLOOD—THE ABBEY—TOMBS IN
  
  
  IT—MONTIVILLIERS—HARFLEUR.
  
  [LETTER VI. HAVRE—TRADE AND HISTORY OF THE
  
  
  TOWN—EMINENT MEN—BOLBEC—YVETOT—RIDE TO ROUEN—FRENCH BEGGARS.
  
  [LETTER VII. ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN
  FRANCE.](Account%20of%20a%20Tour%20in%20Normandy%2c_split_002.html#filepos178681)
  
  [LETTER VIII. MILITARY ANTI