Le Fantôme
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852-1935)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3116371
Summary
One of thirteen books gifted by the author to Lady Churchill, between 1889 and 1907. Paul Bourget received Lady Randolph Churchill at his residence called the Plantier de Costebelle (Palm House), his home from 1896 till his death in 1935, located in the commune of Hyères-les-Palmiers , in the department of Var, south France.There is correspondence sent by Paul Bourget to Lady Randolph Churchill found in the ‘Churchill Archive’, 1895-1899. Le Fantome (The Phantom): The book tells of an old bachelor surrounded by a collection of objects from the Italian 15th century Inscription & Translation: Souvenir d'un devoue - In remembrance, from a devoted [friend]
Bibliographic description
345p. . 19cm. Provenance: inscribed "Souvenir d'un devoue" [i.e. Paul Bourget to Lady Randolph (Jennie) Spencer-Churchill, (née Jerome (1854-1921)]. Binding: twentieth-century calf.
Makers and roles
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852-1935)