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John Dummer Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette

French book interview: John Dummer Author of Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette

We talk to John Dummer author of Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette – a hilarious tale of John’s life in France as he learns to ...
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Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette by John Dummer

Book Review: Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette – John Dummer

John Dummer, author of Serge Bastarde Ate my Baguette was, before he became a famous author, a famous drummer in a British doo-wop group called ...
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Colette

French writers: Colette remembered

Born 28 January 1873 in Burgundy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is known always just as “Colette”. She was a writer and performer and a woman who attracted ...
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French Book interview: Deborah Lawrenson Author of The Lantern

We talk to Deborah Lawrenson Author of The Lantern and The Sea Garden. Deborah Lawrenson graduated in English from Trinity College, Cambridge and worked on ...
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The French Book Review: The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson is a love story set in France – romantic, mysterious and full of rich, luscious and lavish descriptions of Provence ...
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Carol Drinkwater Olive Series

I came to Carol Drinkwater’s account of her life when she purchased a ramshackle home in Provence in the south of France after I’d bought ...
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My French Music: Les Parisiennes

Paris Chanson, the French radio show and music experts choose a singer, group or musical excerpt that represents French music: the French girl band “Les ...
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Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was born in Besancon in Franche-Comté, in the east of France, on February 26, 1802. Hugo’s father was an officer of Napoleon’s republic army; ...
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Les Misérables film location review

  Les Misérables Film location review – it may surprise that you that though the story takes place in France, the filming didn’t! Victor Hugo’s ...
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Les Miserables Victor Hugo

Les Misérables summary

Les Miserables Summary: Victor Hugo achieved great fame in France for his story The Hunchback of Notre Dame which he published in 1831 and which ...
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