Author Description

Matilda Betham-Edwards was bone in 1836. She was a novelist, travel writer and had a great interest in anything French. She was a prolific poet and wrote several children¿s books. She was of Huguenot ancestry and considered France her second homeland. It was her mission to create better understanding between France and England. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne is a travelogue of area outside of the big cities of France. The author describes the colors and characteristics of rural France. She covers such locations as Melun, Moret-Sur-Loing, Bourron, Larchant, Rrecloses, Nemours, La Charite-Sur-Loing, Pougues, Nevers and Moulins, Souvigny and Sens, Arcis-Sur-Aube and many more.