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For a American young man in the 1950s, Fontainebleau was a vision both peculiar and majestic, home to a continual series of adventures: a different terms to learn, weekend sessions to local Paris, family road travels to Spain and Italy. Then there is the château itself: a sprawling palace once the dwelling of kings, its grounds the perfect destination to play hide-and-seek. The curiosities of the tiny town left such an impression on him that 30 years later, Thad Carhart went back to France with his wife to improve their two children. Touring Fontainebleau again as a grown-up, he began to understand its effect on French style, preference, art, and structures. Each trip to Fontainebleau introduces him to completely new aspects of the château's background, enriching his thoughts and leading him to Patrick Ponsot, who becomes Carhart's guide to the invisible Fontainebleau. What emerges is an personal chronicle of a period and place few have observed. Finding Fontainebleau is good for those captivated by the French way of life, for armchair travelers, and for anybody who has ever fallen deeply in love with a place they would like to visit again and again.
