Fraudes

It was certainly my mistake to underestimate Frauds and Trafficking in the Cotentin by labeling it merely as regionalism.Indeed, the first two-thirds of this slim and unassuming little book contain a veritable history book, followed, in its remaining third, by a collection of anecdotes as delightful as they are true. For when legend and folk song fall silent, there remain fascinating stories, at least one of which-the tale of the barrel found at Nez Bayard-is worthy of the Grand Guignol. Paul Ingouf, a historian from Cherbourg, spent his childhood running across the moors and over the rocks with the customs officers, listening to their.