Author | Extract |
| Arbuthnot John | The issue is a lawsuit which will decide who will get the economic and trade monopoly on exchanges between Holland, England and France... |
| Lamartine Alix |
In Manuscrit de ma mère she mentions the Saint Eloi church and Dunkerque, descibing the town as a modern, spacious and welcoming place... |
| Lamartine Alix | During the course of her stay with her daughter at Hondschoote Alix de Lamartine is impressed by the sea at Dunkerque and records her thoughts asshe did for Calais in her Manuscrit de ma mère... |
| Lamartine Alix | In the following extracts she praises the town and port of Dunkerque where she makes various social outings... |
| Mac Orlan Pierre | A keen traveller Pierre Mac Orlan summarises the flemish characteristics of Dunkerque, highlighting the features of the port and underlining the importance of the canals in the vicinity of the town... |
| Mac Orlan Pierre | He mentions the town’s port as well as his flemish experience and the importance of the canals used for transport... |
| Mac Orlan Pierre | Pierre Mac Orlan describes his memories of Dunkerque during the war and compares them with his, then current, experience of the town... |
| Swaen Michel | He was also the author of a mystery and some tragedies written in Flemish, as well as the translator of Corneille’s ‘Le Cid’ and Campistron’s ‘Andronic’... |
| Verne Jules | In one of his early short stories Un Hivernage dans les glaces, Jules Verne includes characters from Dunkerque... |
