My twenty-five years in Provence reflections on then and now
"The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France--lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed. Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his...
| Main Author: | Mayle, Peter (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Early days
- Home sweet home
- Getting closer
- Second impressions
- La politesse française
- Learning French, inch by inch
- Dinner at the Élysée Palace
- Nostalgia is not always what it used to be
- The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
- A midsummer night's treat
- Lunch break
- Read all about it
- A good place to be ill
- The pulse of the village
- Snapshots
- The weather forecast: more to come
- Blind luck
- Summer invasion, autumn exodus
- Hollywood comes to Provence
- Signs of summer
- A gift from Napoleon
- Then and now.