Catherine Labio (Editor) ISBN: 0300097727 This is the 102nd volume in the "Yale French Studies" series. Focusing on the subject of "Belgian Memories", it features three sections containing essays on topics such as "What, if anything, is a Belgian?" and "Family...(read more)
Willem Elsschot ISBN: 1862075565 Cheese is a gentle, satirical fable of capitalism and wealth. A clerk in Antwerp suddenly becomes the chief agent in Belgium and Luxembourg for this red-rinded Dutch delight and is saddled with 370 cases containing ten thousand full-cream cheeses. But...(read more)
Pierrot the Carabinier - A Brave Belgian Cart Dog from World War
Walter A Dyer ISBN: 1846850363 The charming story of Pierrot, a Belgian cart-dog who was one of the hundreds of dogs recruited to haul small supply carts and machine-guns for the Belgian Army's 'Carabiniers' on the Belgian Front in the First World War. These dogs suffered much:...(read more)
Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte ISBN: 0300064896 Venturing out of Yorkshire for the first time in their lives, the Bronte sisters Charlotte and Emily travelled to Brussels in 1842, and Charlotte returned for another visit in 1843. The journeys proved to be pivotal in both their writing careers. Under...(read more)