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For more than a century, Americans and Britons have been arriving hopefully in Paris. Most were tourists, but a significant number had other motives, ... More

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Perhaps no one loves France as much as the English--at least some of the English--and Richard Cobb, the incomparable Oxford historian of the French ... More

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No-one knows a city like the people who live there so who better to relate the history of Paris than its inhabitants through the ages? Taking us from ... More

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"A series of love notes, subtle and charming."--Kirkus Reviews

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Demystifying the French, freelance journalist Harriet Welty Rochefort makes sense of their ever-so-French thoughts on food, money, sex, love, ... More

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Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love ... More

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"Written for The Toronto Star between 1920 and 1924, this selection of energetic pieces from Hemingway sees the author focus his gaze on Paris."--P. ... More

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Janet Flanner's incomparable "Letters from Paris," originally published in "The New Yorker," are collected here; they give an unsurpassed view of ... More

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Peter Mayle may have spent a year in Provence, but Harriet Welty Rochefort writes from the wise perspective of one who has spent more than twenty ... More

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Richard Cobb, the incomparable historian of the French revolution, had an affinity with France that went beyond academic interest. Living there in ... More

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The author's personal view and guided tour of the people and places of Paris associated with the city's legend. It includes interviews with painters, ... More

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In her mid-thirties Karen has it all: a career as a fashion editor, a handsome boyfriend, a fab flat in west London and an array of gorgeous shoes. ... More

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In this useful illustrated guidebook, John Leland identifies and retraces for modern-day readers and visitors the legendary city that Hemingway knew. ... More

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A radical guide to Paris through art, literature and revolution.

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With the help of 30 of America's most illustrious and perceptive writers, editor Lee celebrates the world's most seductive city with this delightful ... More

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Provence, where Lawrence Durrell has lived for 30 years, is the motif of this book. It offers the traveller intriguing things they will not find ... More

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The author takes a very personal tour through the lives, loves, and losses of Paris's celebrated women. In this travelogue she evokes the city's ... More

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In her mid-30s Karen has it all: a career, a handsome boyfriend, a flat and an array of gorgeous shoes. But when her boyfriend leaves, she hangs up ... More

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It's winter. The holidays are over. For those living in areas where it's still snowing, and even where it's just cold or rainy, it's the time of year ... More

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Part travel memoir, part coming-of-age tale, "Au Paris" is a story of self-discovery, independence, and following one's heart at all costs.

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How do you plant leeks in cement-hard French soil, impress Gallic neighbours with your non-existent gardening credentials, and survive a seven-hour ... More

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""In Paris, when you walk out the door . . . the day springs to life as a full-blown performance, and if you are not part of the audience, you are ... More

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"In Old Paris" presents five descriptions of the city from 1323 to 1790. These include A Treatise of the Praises of Paris by Jean de Jandun (1323), ... More

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In the tradition of Frances Mayes' Under the Tuscan Sun, Chris Stewart's A Parrot in the Pepper Tree or Peter Mayle without the pile of stones, ... More

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