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Provence A-Z [LP]

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Main Author: Mayle, Peter
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Provence (France) > Description and travel.
Provence (France) > Social life and customs.
Large print books.
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Physical Description:473 p.
ISBN:9780786294039
0786294035
Author Notes:Peter Mayle was born in Brighton, England on June 14, 1939. He began his career in advertising as a copywriter and rose to the executive ranks, but left advertising in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young adults. His educational books including Where Did I Come From? and What's Happening to Me?

His travel memoir, A Year in Provence, received the British Book Awards' Best Travel Book of the Year in 1990 and was adapted into a television mini-series. His other nonfiction books included Toujours Provence, Encore Provence, Provence A-Z, and French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew. His fiction books included The Marseille Caper, The Corsican Caper, and A Good Year, which was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Mayle died on January 18, 2018 at the age of 78.

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