Peter Mayle & his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-time dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious 200-year-old farmhouse in the Luberon & began a new life. They survive the unexpected & often hilarious curiosities of rural Provencal life. The trilogy consists of ‘A Year in Provence’, ‘Toujours Provence’ and ‘Encore Provence’.’Peter Mayle’s idyllic portrait makes you almost taste the wonderful food and wine, feel the sun and balmy breezes’ Sunday Express.
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.
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