Bordeaux - D'Ausone à Montaigne #[nn]

A sweeping historical epic spanning centuries of one of France's most storied cities, this 2018 album from Éditions Petit à Petit brings Bordeaux vividly to life from the Roman era to the Renaissance. The cover sets the scope beautifully: a red-haired warrior woman in white raises a sword at center, flanked by a Roman soldier in full armor and a Renaissance-era nobleman in an ornate doublet, while Viking longships and a medieval fortress battle scene rage in the fiery background below. It's a rich, confident promise of grand storytelling across the ages of Bordeaux — from the poet Ausonius to the philosopher Montaigne.