Les Bravades
Les Bravades is a 68-page picture book by Orson Welles, written and drawn in 1956, and published posthumously in 1996.The book was created by Welles when he was staying in Saint-Tropez, France, during Les Bravades des Espagnols, the annual festival of June 15 celebrating a local victory over the Spanish fleet in 1637.Welles wrote in the book, 'I've seen lots of "fetes", "fiestas", and festivals, every sort and variety of saints-day high-jinks all over the world.In it, he wrote to his daughter,'I was lucky enough to be in St. Tropez during this holiday; and because I kept thinking of you, and wishing you could be seeing it too, I've prepared this little picture book to give you an idea of what it was like.Welles made it as a private gift for Rebecca, his 12-year-old daughter from his marriage to Rita Hayworth.