<p><b>The bestselling, much-loved classic account of an English couple escaping to enjoy the fruits of French rural summer living - an irresistible feast of humour and heart.</b><br><br>Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in the Lub¿n Valley and began a new life.<br><br>In a year that begins with a marathon lunch and continues with a host of gastronomic delights, they also survive the unexpected and often hilarious curiosities of rural life. From mastering the local accent and enduring invasion by bumbling builders, to discovering the finer points of boules and goat-racing, all the earthy pleasures of Proven¿ life are conjured up in this enchanting portrait.<br><br><b>''One of the most successful travel books of all time... Mayle created a new travel genre'' <i>Guardian<br><br></i>''Delightful'' <i>Washingt
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Offers an account of an Englishman's life abroad. This book describes among other curiosities, a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters...
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<p><b>A second idyllic helping of rural life in France from the bestselling author of the classic A YEAR IN PROVENCE. <br></b><br>Skulking through customs with a suitcase full of truffles, toads singing the Marseillaise,...
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Max Skinner is a man at the heart of London's financial universe until his employers embark on a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself. Amid the grey London drizzle, there is one potential ray of sunshine: Max's Uncle Harry has left him...
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