by Peter Mayle
A victim of his own success, Mayle was imprudent enough to write A Year in Provence without changing names of neighbours and villages, bringing him what eventually became an unmanageable number of unannounced guests. After fleeing to the US for 4 years, they returned to France, choosing a new home ...
I've so enjoyed reading Mayle's books on Provence. They bring me back to a very happy time in my life. I can picture everything so clearly. He's definitely got the measure of the French without being critical or imposing his English values on them. He appreciates Provence for what it is, and I l...
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