by Antoine de Baecque · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070144426
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«La traversée des Alpes : essai d'histoire marchée» is the historical essay by Antoine de Baecque (Gallimard, paperback, 423 pages, in French).
In 2009, Antoine de Baecque walked the GR5 from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean, 650 km. He combines that account with the trail's history: pilgrimage, trade, smuggling, transhumance, or military route. The result is an essay of walked history, at the walker's pace, about pioneers and users of the GR5.
This essay belongs to Gallimard's Bibliothèque des Histoires collection. In 2014 it won the Ptolémée and Augustin-Thierry prizes.
It is a work for readers interested in cultural history, hiking, and travel narratives.
French arts historian and film critic
