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Alais - LoveToKnow 1911 (294 words) |
 | ALAIS, a town of southern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Gard, 25 m. |
| The streets are wide and its promenades and fine plane-trees make the town attractive; but the public buildings, the chief of which are the church of St Jean, a heavy building of the 18th century, and the citadel, which serves as barracks and prison, are of small interest. |
| Alais has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a board of trade-arbitrators, a lycee and a school of mines. |
| CCPL: What We're Reading (184 words) |
| Princess Alais Capet, daughter of King Louis VI of France, leaves her quiet life in France to return to the court of King John in England. |
| Alais is reluctant to return to England, the place of bittersweet memories for her. |
| Alais has agreed to the dangerous mission because Eleanor has promised to reveal to her a secret that may change her life. |
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