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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: Hotel Pastis: a novel of Provence
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    Cover of edition hotelpastis0000mayl Cover of edition hotelpastisnovel0000mayl_m3a8 Cover of edition hotelpastisnovel1993mayl Cover of edition hotelpastis00pete Cover of edition hotelpastisnovel00mayl First published in 1993 — 18 editions
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    Cover of edition toujoursprovence0000mayl Cover of edition toujoursprovence1992mayl Cover of edition toujoursprovence00mayl Cover of edition toujoursprovence0000mayl_b6i7 Cover of edition toujoursprovence1992mayl First published in 1991 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: "Where did I come from?": a guide for children and parents
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    First published in 1975 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: A year in Provence
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    Cover of edition yearinprovence0000mayl Cover of edition yearinprovence00maylrich Cover of edition yearinprovence00mayl First published in 1989 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: A good year
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    First published in 2004 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Encore Provence: new adventures in the south of France
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    Cover of edition encoreprovencene00mayl Cover of edition encoreprovence00pete Cover of edition encoreprovencene0000mayl First published in 1992 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: What's happening to me?: The answers to some of the world's most embarrassing questions
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    Cover of edition quemeestapasando0000mayl First published in 1975 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: French lessons: adventures with knife, fork, and corkscrew
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  • Cover of: Expensive habits
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    Cover of edition acquiredtastes0000mayl Cover of edition acquiredtastes00mayl_0 First published in 1991 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Up the agency: the snakes and ladders of the advertising business
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    Cover of edition upagencyfunnybus00maylrich First published in 1990 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Bon Appetit: Travels Through France With Knife, Fork and Corkscrew

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    Cover of edition anythingconsider0000mayl_t7v4 First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Provence A-Z
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    First published in 2006 — 5 editions
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    Cover of edition encoreprovence0000mayl_c5y3 First published in 1999 — 4 editions
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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