The World of All Souls by Deborah Harkness

Author:Deborah Harkness [Harkness, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-05-08T00:00:00+00:00

France

Mont Saint-Michel

The boat was lifted up on the waves, and through the mist a steeple pierced the clouds. It was surprisingly close, the base of the structure obscured by weather.

We entered a room with a forest of columns holding up its vaulted roof. Large fireplaces studded the walls, spreading blessed warmth.

Diana and Matthew’s first port of call in sixteenth-century France, the famous Mont Saint-Michel, is a fortified monastery perched on an islet just off the coast of Normandy. There has been a monastery there since the eighth century, founded by Bishop Aubert of Avranches. Surrounded by treacherous quicksands at low tide and the swirling waters of dangerous currents at high tide, Mont Saint-Michel has proved an impenetrable stronghold through the centuries, both in and out: For decades after the French Revolution, it was also used as a prison. Mont Saint-Michel was the original base for Louis XI’s Order of St. Michael (the motto for which Matthew whispered as they approached it), with the Knights Hall dedicated to the order.

50170 Mont Saint-Michel

See also: ORGANIZATIONS: The Order of St. Michael

City of Fougères

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