Russethouse Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Please post suggestions of books for discussion here - remember the price limit is £10 or euro equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'll kick this off with a book I got from a book swopsuite francaise by irene nemirovsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 'England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42' by Colin Smith (£8.39 from Amazon)An interesting and informative book about a little-known aspect of WW11. (N Africa, Madagascar & Palestine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAiffricaine Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 '1000 years of annoying the French' by Stephen Clarke.All about 1066 and Agincourt and Saint Joan etc... etc... to the present day. All told to deflate French myth and pride on certain aspects of our shared history. Quite funny at times.Paperback £8.99 at Waterstone's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianagain Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 "The Dream of Scipio" by Iain Pears, an interwoven story set in Provence during three separate periods - the Roman occupation in the 5th C, the Black Death in the 14th C. and during the second world war. (£6.99 at Amazon)Brian (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 I haven't read it but this book has ben recommended to me : I'll never be French by Mark Greensidehttp://www.markgreenside.com/Docs/never.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Author interview.http://www.france24.com/en/20101009-2010-10-09-0110-wb-en-culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Trellis Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Several Joanne Harris books are set in France and are a pleasant read.Carol Drinkwater has written several books about her farmhouse in Provence.Dirk Bogarde also had a property in Provence and wrote about his life there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused of chalus Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The Ripening Sun by Patricia Atkinson, it is about a woman thrown into making wine in Bergerac - and making it very well. Lots of detail on making wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Celestine: Voices from a French Village by Gillian TindallProper history of a French village near La Chatre and the life and times of Celestine. She was an innkeeper's daughter and lived from 1844-1933 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The Girl at the Lion d'Orby Sebastian Faulkes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I will look out for that, I enjoyed Birdsong, it was given to me as a present otherwise I doubt that it would have bought it at the cover price, several of the scenes were in villages very near to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Another one for the list "Light of the Moon" by Elizabeth Buchan. This will appeal to anyone interested in the SOE and resistance activities during WW2. It's a novel but in my opinion well written and researched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Clouds over the Montagne Noire is a novel set in the Minervois region of the South of France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 [quote user="confused of chalus"]The Ripening Sun by Patricia Atkinson, it is about a woman thrown into making wine in Bergerac - and making it very well. Lots of detail on making wine.[/quote]She wrote one or two sequels as well. One of the best books I've read - and I've met her too ... a delightful and incredible lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 [quote user="Antonia"]Clouds over the Montagne Noire is a novel set in the Minervois region of the South of France[/quote]Antonia I would like to look for this book can you tell me who it is by ? Many Thanks FN...... Its ok I have looked it up on amazon and found it ...... May I say there are a few clouds over the montagne noire today full of snow most of which is falling at the moment..... [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Try this one:- " A SMALL HOUSE IN FRANCE "by BRENDA BARRINGTONPublished by MEREO BooksISBN 978-1-86151-154-6 For those of us that enjoy diy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 "Portraits of France" by Robert Daley, a collection of short and very readable reminiscences about various places in France.Out of print, but plenty of second hand copies available on Amazon UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 [quote user="Gardian"]'England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42' by Colin Smith (£8.39 from Amazon)An interesting and informative book about a little-known aspect of WW11. (N Africa, Madagascar & Palestine).[/quote]+1Started it a couple of days ago and find it hard to put down.Many accounts of less well-known events, some unexpectedly touching on my own life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul@Gourdon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I have read the "1000 years etc. and am have some concerns. A lot of reading and research has gone into it, yet it is relentless "French Bashing". At times it feels that it is straining to find a pejorative angle on the events. I much prefer "60 million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong" which starts from the point of view of trying to understand France in its own terms, rather than trying to fit it into a preconception. Authors Jean Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow, two French speaking Canadians. It is intelligent and perceptive from the angle of North American sensibilities. £9.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentillylace Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I recently read "The Passion of Dolssa" by Julie Berry, a very heavy (in theme, not in size) YA novel set in 13th-century Occitanie, against the background of the Inquisition and the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade. There is a *lot* of Occitan in the novel, and I wonder what the average teenage reader of YA fiction would think of the book. It is quite well written and thought-provoking.http://www.julieberrybooks.com/books/the-passion-of-dolssahttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25902198-the-passion-of-dolssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 There is a *lot* of Occitan in the novelSurely it should be Provençal, which is not quite the same thing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proven%C3%A7al_dialect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 A House in FlandersBy Michael Jenkins.I bought this book second hand and really enjoyed reading Michael Jenkins experiences of being sent to France to spend Summer with his "aunts ". He was 14yr old boy and the year 1951This was broadcast fairly recently I believe on BBC radio 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Cinders, I have that book and won't part with it. It is utterly charming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Oh I'm so pleased someone else has read and enjoyed it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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