Books set in Tours, France

The quiet cathedral city on the Loire and the valley beside it: Balzac’s priest ruined over his lodgings, and his countess of the Indre.

1 place, 2 books,

Tours

1836
The Lily of the ValleyLe Lys dans la vallée
Honoré de Balzac · novel · 1836
1810s: a young man walks out of Tours and falls for a countess in the valley of the Indre.
1832
The Vicar of ToursLe Curé de Tours
Honoré de Balzac · novel · 1832
In the shadow of the cathedral, a harmless priest is ruined over a set of rooms.

Updated October 2026