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Details: An indispensable, hugely informative & consistently entertaining guide to Provence by the best-selling writer who has made the region his own. Organised from A-Z but far from a conventional work of reference, this is a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle has found in his twenty years there to be the most interesting, delicious or downright fun. In more than 200 entries
- from ail to Francois Zola
- he writes about subjects as diverse as architecture, expatriates, lavender, linguistic oddities, the museum of the corkscrew & a bawdy folklore character named Fanny. &, of course, he writes about food & drink: truffles, olives, bouillabaisse, & the cheese that killed a Roman Emperor. He also features artwork that he has gathered over the years
- drawings, advertisements, photos & pieces from tourist brochures. Anything qualifies, as long as it has piqued Mayle's curiosity
- hence the inclusion of a recipe for tapenade & a morning spent with a public executioner. Ideal for: Anyone who wants to know more about Florence This hardback has 208 pages & measures 21cm x 16cm x 3cm