An illustrated guide to the lesser-known Palaeolithic cave art of Niaux in the Pyrenees first recorded in the 1920’s.  The Niaux cave's system is complex and has a combined length of more than 14 km (8.70 mi) of underground passages and chambers.

Illustrated guide to the extraordinary site of cave and cliff dwellings first occupied in the Palaeolithic but most famous for being the site of a medieval town clinging to the high rock ledges and inhabited for several centuries as an impregnable community complete with workshops and a church.

Guide to the Romanesque carvings of animals and mythical beasts found on church columns, capitals and tympana identifying their subjects and and symbolism.  Paperback.  64 pages.  Many excellent colour photographs.  Text in French.  New condition.

Guide to the Romanesque carvings found on church capitals, tympana and ceiling decorations identifying their subjects and and symbolism.  Paperback.  64 pages.  Many excellent colour photographs.  Text in French.  New condition.  Cat No  3478

Large full-colour guide to the ancient mountain towns and medieval castle sites of the Languedoc region of Southern France associated with the heretical Catharist sect of the C14th.  Large format paperback.  128 pages.  English text.  Good condition.  Cat No 3358

Album of superb colour plates depicting medieval animal carvings on French cathedrals and churches -  sheep, goats, dogs, cockerels, wild boar, hares, eagles, snakes, crows, doves, whales, camels, elephants, lions, monkeys, pelicans and mythological beasts - gryphons, dragons, basilisks, uni

Detailed critique and examination of every aspect of the battle of Crecy in 1346 focussing on the fanciful depiction in the Froissart manuscript versus the reality on the ground, with details of modifications made to the landscape that are still visible today, reconstructions of the battle, the a

Explains the gnostic asceticism of the Cathar philosophy in connection with their homeland in the French Midi with the emphasis on their prominent and elaborate castles, many of which are illustrated in this guide.  Paperback.  32 pages.  Text in English.  Good clean condition

Comprehensive guide to the site of the battle between Julius Caesar's forces and those of Vercingetorix and the subsequent establishment of a large Gallo-Roman settlement whose remains and cultural artefacts are documented.  Paperback.  236 pages.  Many illustrations and site plans

Illustrated guide to eighty remarkable romanesque churches in the region of Poitou-Charentes of Western France.  Each church is illustrated and described.  Text in French.  Paperback.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 2980