Delving into her astonishing collection of postcards, Marie-France

Motrot brings back to life two different worlds which

lie at the very heart of the Breton character : those of the sea and

the land. From Cancale to Audierne, from Roscoff to Josselin, both

maritime and agricultural activities are described with the clear

purpose of emphasising facts and events of days gone by, and of

presenting traditions which have disappeared and crafts which

have passed away and been forgotten.

Deriving from her work on the crafts of old Brittany, the author

has chosen the authenticity of original photographs to take us on

a journey through the economic and social life of Brittany at the

turn of the XX^th century.