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The book, published by Random House, was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 1997. It includes several chapters of recipes, and describes how she bought and restored an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside. [2] As of 2016, Under the Tuscan Sun was translated into 54 ...
The historic French province of Provence, located in the southeast corner of France between the Alps, the Mediterranean, the Rhône river and the upper reaches of the Durance river, was inhabited by Ligures beginning in Neolithic times; by the Celts from about 900 BC, and by Greek colonists from about 600 BC. [1]
Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian: Verdensbiblioteket) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Clubs [] since 2002. It is based on a list of the hundred best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. [1]
Road with Cypress and Star (Dutch: Cypres bij sterrennacht), also known as Country Road in Provence by Night, is an 1890 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. It is the last painting he made in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , France. [ 1 ]
What the Night Knows is a 2010 novel by bestselling author Dean Koontz. [1] It reached No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List . Following the events of the novella "Darkness Under the Sun," it follows the life of John Calvino, a survivor of a violent attack on his family and current police officer.
On 27 May 1234, Louis married Margaret of Provence (1221–1295); she was crowned in the cathedral of Sens the next day. [14] Margaret was the sister of Eleanor of Provence, who later married Henry III of England. The new queen's religious zeal made her a well-suited partner for the king, and they are attested to have gotten along well ...
Bosco was born in Avignon, Vaucluse, into a family of Provençal, Ligurian and Piedmontese origin. [2] Through his father, he was related to Saint John Bosco, of whom he wrote a biography. [3]
The story is set in the early 4th century AD, Rome, during the time of the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Amanda Fougère, Fabiola and Syra, 1859, painting inspired by Wiseman's novel. The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young beauty from a noble Roman family.