Introduction
Invisible sculptor: the mistral and the formation of the Provençal landscape
The lion's roar: Mediterranean journeys with the mistral
Ascent into the wind: The Mont Ventoux Observatory and the rise of atmospheric science
Good air, bad air: public health and the cleansing power of the mistral
A sense of place: painting the mistral in the open air
Epilogue: living with the mistral in the twenty-first century.