Peter Mayle

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle is an enchanting and humorous memoir that chronicles a year in the life of an English couple who make the bold decision to settle in the idyllic southern region of France. Upon purchasing a 200-year-old farmhouse in the picturesque Luberon, they soon discover that their dream home comes with an array of unexpected...

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,...