Issoudun

Results Tuesday after the 10th stage of the Tour de France, a 194. 6-kilometer (120. 9-mile) trek from Limoges to Issoudun:

Cavendish wins 10th stage; no changes in overall standings 2009

Nocentini finished 34th Tuesday while Contador was 40th and Armstrong 46th on the route from Limoges to Issoudun.

Cavendish wins 10th stage; no changes in overall standings 2009

Mademoiselle, I am an old officer whom you once on a time were to have got out of a scrape — at Issoudun — Philippe

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Issoudun, whose surface bravado is checked and mated by the cooler scoundrelism of Philippe; Agathe, the foolish mother, whose eyes are blind to the devotion of her son Joseph; and Girondeau, the old dragoon, companion to Philippe who casts him off as soon as prosperity smiles and he has no further need for him.

Balzac 2003

"Mere Cognette," who lost her husband about 1835, opened a little cafe at Issoudun during the first years of her widowhood.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Another poor old woman, playing a far more important role in Balzac's work, lived at Issoudun and was called "La Rabouilleuse."

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Issoudun, whose surface bravado is checked and mated by the cooler scoundrelism of Philippe; Agathe, the foolish mother, whose eyes are blind to the devotion of her son Joseph; and Girondeau, the old dragoon, companion to Philippe who casts him off as soon as prosperity smiles and he has no further need for him.

Balzac Frederick Lawton

He became inspector of the gunpowder manufactory at Angouleme, and later retired to his home at Frapesle, near Issoudun.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

A story told at Issoudun illustrates further the genial association of the two authors: Balzac was dining one day at the Hotel de la Cloche in company with George Sand.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

Cloche, where Balzac often dined while at Issoudun.

Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd