A Year in Provence
Author(s): Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle's account of his first year in Provence describes anything from the local cuisine, hilarious tips for wooing fickle French contractors, handicapping goat races, enduring winter's icy mistral and much more. A NYT Bestseller for three years!
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Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write books. His work has been translated into seventeen languages, and he has contributed to the "London Sunday Times, the Financial Times, " and the "Independent, " as well as "Gentlemen's Quarterly" and "Esquire."A Year in Provence won the British Book Awards "Best Travel Book of the Year." Peter Mayle and his wife live in Provence.
General Fields
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- : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- : 0.249
- : 04 June 1991
- : 203mm X 140mm X 15mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Peter Mayle
- : Paperback
- : 207
- : illustrations