A Year In The World

Product Description

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself
- & her readers
- in the sights, aromas & treasures of twelve new special places.

A YEAR IN THE WORLD is vintage Frances Mayes
- a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely places, of memory woven into the present, & of a joyous sense of quest. An ideal travel companion, Frances Mayes brings to the page the curiosity of an intrepid explorer, remarkable insights into the wonder of the everyday, & a compelling narrative style that entertains as it informs.

With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain & Portugal, France, the British Isles, & the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, the south of Italy, & North Africa. In Andalucía, she relishes the intersection of cultures. She cooks in Portugal, gathers ideas in the gardens of England & Scotl&, takes a literary pilgrimage to Burgundy & explores the Moroccan city of Fez.

Weaving together personal perceptions & informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, & the social & culinary traditions of each area, Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to the reader. An illuminating & passionate book that will be savoured by all who loved UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, A YEAR IN THE WORLD is travel writing at its absolute best.