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Peter Mayle

Peter Mayle was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. Born in Brighton, Sussex, the youngest of three children, Mayle and his parents moved to Barbados in the aftermath of World War II, where his father was transferred as a Colonial Office employee. Mayle returned to England after leaving school at 16 in Barbados. He relocated from Devon to the Lubéron, southern France, in the late 80s but his plans to write a novel were overtaken by an account of life in his new environment. This resulted in A Year in Provence, chronicling his first year as a British expatriate in Ménerbes, a village in the southern département Vaucluse. A Year in Provence (1989) was the first in a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there. Several more books followed, which have been translated in more than twenty languages.

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Born 1939-06-14
Died 2018-01-18

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  • Cover of: Anything Considered

    First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Toujours Provence

    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2013 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1997 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Provence A-Z: A Francophile's Essential Handbook

    First published in 2006 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sweet dreams and monsters: a beginner's guide to dreams and nightmares and things that go bump under the bed
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    First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1976 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Chasing Cezanne: a novel
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    Cover of edition chasingczanne00maylrich First published in 1997 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: De Donde Venimos?: Los hechos de la vida sin disparates y con ilustraciones

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Footprints in the butter: further adventures of the little man who lives in the fridge

    First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Què m\'està passant?: Las respuestas a alguna de las preguntas más embarazosas del mundo

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  • Cover of: Will I Like It? : Your First Sexual Experience: What to Expect, What to Avoid, and How Both of You Can Get the Most Out of It

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Born 1939-06-14
Died 2018-01-18

Subjects

Fiction, Social life and customs, France, fiction, Large type books, Manners and customs, Homes and haunts, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Juvenile literature, Wine and wine making, Provence (france), social life and customs, Description and travel, Provence (france), description and travel, Theft, Real property, Country life, Fiction, general, Homes, Travel, British, Dogs, Fiction, humorous, general, Food habits, Kelly, andre (fictitious character), fiction, Nonfiction, Advertising

Places

Provence (France), France, Provence, Marseille (France), Southern France, England, Great Britain, Marseille, Monaco, Cavaillon (Vaucluse), France Provence, Francia, Frankreich, Inglaterra, Provenza, Provenza (Francia), United States

People

Peter Mayle, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Peter Mayle (1939-)

Time

20th century, 1970- ...

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Alternative names

  • PETER MAYLE
  • Peter. Mayle
  • Peter MAYLE
  • Mei er (Mayle, Peter)
  • Peter Mayle.
  • Mayle Peter
  • MAYLE,PETER

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March 17, 2025 Edited by Marla Added bio and VIAF ID, expanded birth/death dates
January 30, 2025 Edited by Tauriel063 merge authors
October 21, 2020 Edited by toddmyers Added new photo
September 11, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import