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  • He had retained an old term used by the troopers and called it his 'profonde,' and it was his 'profonde' in fact.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • He had retained an old term used by the troopers and called it his 'profonde,' and it was his 'profonde' in fact.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 05 Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • But the selling point of this delightful book is its setting in the legendary France profonde, where market stalls offer goat's cheese and foie gras, home-made jam and oils flavoured with walnuts and truffles, where steaks are timed to perfection by singing the Marseillaise, and menus composed as skilfully as Martin Walker's prose.

    Bruno, Chief of Police: Summary and book reviews of Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. 2009

  • At times this book seems to proceed by digression, but a fascinating portrait of rural France and its cherished rites emerges as Mr. Greene negotiates the intricacies of la France profonde .

    Stalking the Beast Lawrence Norfolk 2011

  • But the selling point of this delightful book is its setting in the legendary France profonde, where market stalls offer goat's cheese and foie gras, home-made jam and oils flavoured with walnuts and truffles, where steaks are timed to perfection by singing the Marseillaise, and menus composed as skilfully as Martin Walker's prose.

    Bruno, Chief of Police: Summary and book reviews of Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. 2009

  • Chouettes lived in the attic of our renovated watermill in La France profonde.

    chouette hibou 2008

  • It is exquisite: simple, delicious, la France profonde distilled and neatly typed up.

    Pierre Koffmann: 'Not enough British chefs cook from the heart' 2010

  • Grannie D (was Brit ex-pat in France profonde but now in Mexico)

    I say pyjama… 2008

  • Jean-Eric AUBERT dispose d'une connaissance profonde de la dimension internationale pour avoir parcouru le monde pour l'ONU puis la Banque Mondiale afin d'aider les gouvernements à réfléchir sur les questions de développement.

    Archive 2009-04-10 2009

  • I do find the slogan on tee-shirts when I go to the airport in my native “Amérique profonde”.

    épanouie 2007

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