Flight of fancy at lovely Saint-Exupéry

LYON’S airport is called after one of that city’s most famous sons.

Flight of fancy at lovely Saint-Exupéry
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Born in 1900, Antoine de was a larger-than-life figure who wrote autobiographical novels.

His children’s novella, Le Petit Prince, appeared in 1943. Extraordinarily successful, it would be translated into countless languages. Over 80 million copies of The Little Prince were sold, making it one of the best-selling books of all time.

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