The Beach That Time Built

Deauville, France: From Empire to Elegance — A Story of Art, War, and Rebirth

De: Julien Peltier

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A dazzling portrait of one town—and a nation—told through 150 years of light, luxury, and survival.

On France’s northern coast lies Deauville, a place where history glimmers like sunlight on the sea. Born from the dream of Napoleon III’s half-brother, Charles de Morny, this once-sleepy fishing village became the playground of Europe’s elite, the muse of painters and poets, the refuge of soldiers and lovers, and the red-carpet stage where Hollywood met France.

In The Beach That Time Built, historian and storyteller Julien Peltier takes readers on a sweeping, cinematic journey through the life of Deauville — from its Second Empire origins and Belle Époque glamour to its wartime shadows and postwar rebirth through cinema.

You’ll walk the boardwalk with Coco Chanel as she reinvents fashion during World War I…

Watch Monet and Boudin chase clouds that would give birth to Impressionism…

Stand with resistance fighters who risked everything beneath the Nazi occupation…

And join Hollywood legends as the Deauville American Film Festival transforms this French seaside dream into a global symbol of style and storytelling.

Richly researched and written with cinematic flair, The Beach That Time Built is both history and meditation — a love letter to France’s art of reinvention and to the timeless dialogue between America and Europe.

Perfect for readers of Erik Larson, Ross King, Dominique Lapierre, and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, this book will sweep you into a world where tides carry both memory and light.