Provence Series by Peter Mayle

3.98 · 105 ratings
  • A Year in Provence (Provence #1)
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    A Year in Provence (Provence #1)

    Peter Mayle

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings · published 1989

    In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine... more

  • Toujours Provence (Provence #2)
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    Toujours Provence (Provence #2)

    Peter Mayle

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1991

    /MAYLE PETER The author of the beloved bestseller A Year In Provence offers readers another funny, beautifully evocative book about life in the picturesque French town--a heartwarming place where, if you can't quite "get away from it all, " you can surely have a good time trying.

  • Encore Provence (Provence #3)
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    Encore Provence (Provence #3)

    Peter Mayle

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1992

    Many readers are familiar with Peter Mayle's story of a life saved and savored in A Year in Provence. Answering his readers' inevitable yearning for another glimpse into his life, Mayle brings us his aptly named follow-up novel, Encore Provence. This is a book of "second impressions." Mayle's first stint in the French region of Provence tamed his frantic urban pace. The refined and not-so-refined mannerisms of the Proven

  • My Twenty-five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now (Provence #4)
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    My Twenty-five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now (Provence #4)

    Peter Mayle

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2019

    From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France—the charming and indelible parade of village life, the sheer beauty, the ancient history... more

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