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French Cathedral Towns Are a Stage for Human Comedy, According to Author Julia Langbein

Condé Nast Traveler·Matt Ortile·about 1 month ago
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This is Write Here, a new column where authors and literary luminaries tell us about the travels they took to find inspiration and create their latest books. In this installment, the author Julia Langbein shares her experience visiting Amiens and Bourges, France, to write her new novel Dear Monica Lewinsky . In it, a character named Jean Dornan recounts a study-abroad trip in France where she had an affair with her medieval art and architectural history professor during the summer of 1998—the same summer when President Bill Clinton admitted to his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky and she was vilified in the press and American society.…

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