$26.57
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2006
Summary
Max Skinner is a man at the heart of London’s financial universe until his employers embark on a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself. Amid the grey London drizzle, there is one potential ray of sunshine: Max’s Uncle Harry has left him his estate in his will - an eighteenth-century chateau and vineyard an hour’s drive from Avignon. Out of a job, and encouraged by his friend Charlie about the money in modern wine, he heads for France.
What Max discovers is a beautiful house, wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751539660 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075153966X |
| Author: | Peter Mayle |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 17mm |
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The charming bouquet is uncorked for you by Mayle. He has an unflinching eye for local detail in the zany crime caper set in Bordeaux. - IRISH EXAMINER
Entertaining stuff- but you might find yourself gasping for a glass of the red stuff. - DAILY EXPRESSThrough deliciously evocative descriptions of the landscape and great characterisation, you’ll find yourself foregoing meals in order to find out what happens next. - FRENCH MAGAZINEA feel-good story with a good plot and plenty of humour. A very enjoyable read. - LIVING FRANCEAbout The Author
Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle has contributed to a wide range of publications in England, France and America and his work has been translated into 27 languages.
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