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Peter Mayle, author of A YEAR IN PROVENCE, writes in his Preface to this charming travel memoir: 'Michael Sadler was born in Lewes, a small town in the south of England. This was a geographical accident. He should have emerged from the womb in Paris, looking anxiously about him for a suitable place to have lunch.' He may not have been born there, but Michael Sadler eventually found his spiritual home. AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS is his delightful account of his first year in the French capital, show more describing with alternate affection and bemusement such continental confusions as the etiquette of flower-buying, the role of cricket in French foreplay, and the dangers 'black butter' presents not just to one's cholesterol levels but also to dry-cleaning bills. Beautifully observed and very funny, AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS will delight armchair travellers and Francophiles alike. show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- Dedication
- For Lulu and Daisy
- First words
- The Englishman looked at the cheese and the cheese looked at the Englishman.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)On Sundays I'll go to Dover with binoculars.
- Blurbers
- Birt, John; Palin, Michael; Robinson, Anne
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- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 910 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel
- LCC
- DC718 .B74 .S23 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Local history and description Paris
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- English, French, Polish
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- 7
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