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The original story of falling for France, Perfume from Provence was first published in 1935 and became a best-seller.
Winifred Fortescue was an actress who rubbed shoulders with the likes of Jerome K. Jerome and George Bernard Shaw when she married Sir John Fortescue, the king’s librarian and archivist and famous historian of the British Army. Tempted by a better climate and the cheaper cost of living, they left England and found a stone house amid olive groves, high in the hills above Nice. Almost at once they were bewitched by the landscape and especially their garden – delightful terraces of vines, wild flowers, roses and lavender – and by the charming, warm-hearted and wily Provençals.
Winifred’s witty account of life with stonemasons, craftsmen and gardeners as they extend the house is an enchanting read.
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`this gentle little book... sounds like paradise but be prepared for a heart-rending ending.'
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A period classic.
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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1856951669
- ISBN 13 9781856951661
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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