The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers (Literary Guides for Travellers)

This was a captivating and highly entertaining read. Finished it in one sitting. Who knew so many famous writers had lived and died on the Riviera? Makes me want to rush back and see the sites first hand. The potted biographies are a master touch.The French tourist board should be sponsoring this book. Highly recommended.

Yes, it’s a travelogue… but from an entirely unusual aspect. Thoroughly enjoyable, educational, and full of the flavour of Provence.

We were staying in Menton when we read this and found the book added greatly to our holiday enjoyment. It is well written, amusing and informative. Good anecdotes. Highly recommend for anyone thinking of holidaying in the area

Delightful book that has taught be as much about the place as the characters who called it home. Some great anecdotes in it too especially about Somerset Maugham 'the lizard of Oz'.Wonderful book.

The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)Whether you are already living on the Côte d'Azur (or in it's surrounding hills), planning to go there, dreaming about going there or simply eager to know what writers got up to when they were there themselves, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Ted Jones is indispensable. The number of writers who dipped their toes in the gentle waves of the Mediterranean or wandered the pine and thyme scented hills above, is vast and diverse - and they must almost all be within the pages of this book. So settle in a sun lounger or armchair, with a glass of wine or a cup of coffee and join them in their adventures, love affairs and mishaps. Just know it will be very difficult to leave them. From: London Lass

Ted Jones' review of writers who spent time in the very South of France, is a masterly and unique approach to a subject previously unexplored in any coherent depth. The writer is clearly a man with a passion for literature (and the South of France) and an enthusiastice desire to place the writers in their context, realising that in order to understand their writings it in necessary to understand the influence of the places in which they have lived.Particularly impressive was his attention to detail, and one can imagine the years of painstaking research, obviously carried out with enormous pleasure, to discover previously hidden aspects of intimate events in the lives of well-known writers.Anyone interested in those associated with the Riviera will revel in this literary companion. It is an essential and perceptive guide to include in ones luggage.

I read Ted Jones' book the week before I traveled to the Riviera and that knowledge enriched my trip immensely. So scholarly yet so lightly written. I recommend this highly to anyone with a yen to go deep on the happenings in this beautiful part of the world.

I love the Midi.

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