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Chateau and Country Life in France

Mary King Waddington was the American daughter of Charles King, ninth president of Columbia University, and the granddaughter of New York Senator Rufus King. She moved to France with her parents in 1871, and three years later married William Waddington, French diplomat and statesman. After Waddington’s death in 1894, Mary published two volumes of memoirs of life as a diplomat’s wife. In 1909 she followed up with Chateau and Country Life in France, which describes her later life in the French countryside. Its chapters tell of chateaux visits, holidays and festivals, and country customs, and are a mix of more formal memoir pieces and sections that read like diary entries or chatty letters to American friends. - Summary by Colleen McMahon

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Memoirs

Running Time: 07 hours 46 minutes 44 seconds(19 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Lucy Kempton, zzy55, Florence

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter I Chateau Life, Part 1 Jenn Broda	29:26
	Chapter I Chateau Life, Part 2 Jenn Broda	22:56
	Chapter II Country Visits, Part 1 Adam Gammons	25:59
	Chapter II Country Visits, Part 2 zzy55	16:12
	Chapter II Country Visits, Part 3 zzy55	30:00
	Chapter III The Home of Lafayette Lucy Kempton	23:40
	Chapter IV Winter at the Chateau, Part 1 Melinda Fogle	26:43
	Chapter IV Winter at the Chateau, Part 2 zzy55	31:40
	Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 1 Florence	25:31
	Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 2 Florence	32:42
	Chapter V Ceremonies and Festivals, Part 3 Florence	25:04
	Chapter VI Christmas in the Valois, Part 1 KevinS	21:14
	Chapter VI Christmas in the Valois, Part 2 KevinS	18:02
	Chapter VII A Racine Celebration Lucy Kempton	31:47
	Chapter VIII A Corner of Normandy Lucy Kempton	28:17
	Chapter IX A Norman Town Lucy Kempton	26:34
	Chapter X Norman Chateaux Alex Foster	21:06
	Chapter XI Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Part 1 Dyla	21:16
	Chapter XI Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Part 2 Tatiana Chichilla	8:35