I found another lovely book by Peter Mayle. This is my fourth book of him after reading his first three books. I have made short reviews here before. This is actually my 12th read this year.
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
It’s another memoir about his life in France. He died two years ago and I blogged about it here. I am excited to start this.
I just finished a long fiction called New York. It is a historical novel by British novelist Edward Rutherfurd. Oh my, it’s all of 862 pages, four centuries of life in New York. It used to be called New Amsterdam. The novel chronicles the birth and growth of New York City, from the arrival of the first Dutch and other European colonists in the 17th century to the summer of 2009. Come to think of it, I didn’t even know that it was previously ruled by the British empire. Originally there were only 13 colonies in the whole US of A. It’s actually too long to summarize.
I used to love Rutherfurd’s books. I can recommend ‘Sarum’, Russka’, and ‘London’. He brings history alive.
Mayle was very popular here at one time. We even had a hit TV show based on his books. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108993/
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete. Will look for those books too. And thanks for the link.
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I have read all of Rutherfurd’s books. I learned a lot from them.
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I have found more books of his Elizabeth, all e-books so I will include him in this year’s reading challenge.
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