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| Travelers' Tales France True Stories of Life on the Road | | Editor:
| O'Reilly, James Habegger, Larry O'Reilly, Sean | Contribution by:
| Mayle, Peter Fisher, M. F. K. Caro, Ina Morris, Jan Krakauer, Jon | Series title: | Travelers' Tales Guides Ser. | ISBN: | 978-1-885211-02-6 | Publication Date: | Jan 2000 | Publisher: | Travelers' Tales/Solas House, Inc.
| Book Format: | Book | List Price: | USD $17.95 | Book Description:
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Peter Mayle was born in Brighton, England on June 14, 1939. He began his career in advertising as a copywriter and rose to the executive ranks, but left advertising in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young adults. His educational books including Where Did I Come From? and What's Happening to Me?
His travel memoir, A Year in Provence, received the British Book Awards' Best Travel Book of the Year in 1990 and was adapted into a television mini-series. His other nonfiction books included Toujours Provence, Encore Provence, Provence A-Z, and French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew. His fiction books included The Marseille Caper, The Corsican Caper, and A Good Year, which was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Mayle died on January 18, 2018 at the age of 78.
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