n the verdant farmland of northeastern France, life should have been peaceful, but as England and the House of Valois grappled over territorial rights and claims to the French
The Maid of Orleans
A Bridge into History
It is said that one should first approach Château de Chenonceau from the water. After all, it is rare indeed—even in the Loire Valley, where hundreds of castles rest along the river’s path—to behold a grand façade rising from within the waterway itse
