Henri Troyat: To write, always to write, is often to live
Henri Troyat is considered one of the most prolific and popular French writers of the 20th century, but what else do you know about him?
Henri Troyat is considered one of the most prolific and popular French writers of the 20th century, but what else do you know about him?
Moving to France: Reflections on the last two years - To be happy, we must try to live every minute with the charm that we find in it when it is nothing more than a memory.
Le Tignet: I vividly remember the first morning, the “coooo coooo co” of the tourterelles (turtledoves) to begin the day. Excitedly opening the wooden shutters, the first light revealed a magnificent sky, a canvas streaked with deep orange, yellow, and red feathery wisps behind the clouds.
Moving to France from Australia in your late forties, with your family, is not simple, let alone the prospect of becoming the custodians of an 18th-century bastide, the former summer home of a famous French writer.
Step back in time and discover more about the colourful traditional provençal costume.