Tag: HistoryAndRomance
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Toulouse, France
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Élise Mercier was born under the rose-coloured bricks of Toulouse. From her earliest days she had known the city’s heartbeat: its chatter in the narrow lanes of the Carmes quarter, the clang of wrought-iron shutters in Rue de la Pomme, the cry of stallholders in Marché Victor Hugo. Wisdom, they…
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Bastogne, Belgium
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In the heart of Bastogne, Belgium—a town where every cobblestone and faded mural recalled the echoes of a tumultuous past—the early morning mist swirled around narrow streets and ancient market squares. The town, once scarred by the infamous Battle of the Bulge, now bore an air of solemn resilience and…