A year in Provence [LP]

Main Author:	Mayle, Peter.
Format:	Books Print Book Large Print
Language:	English
Published:	Leicester : Ulverscroft, 1991, c1989.
Subjects:	France > Provence. Large print books.

Item Description:	Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989.
Physical Description:	[405] p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0708924859 :
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. (Bowker Author Biography)