On the Riviera by Elizabeth Sharland Hardback Book 9781450281539

quotBut I think that Life and with that I also mean Love comes firstits the only thing that one has in the final secondsthe knowledge that one has had time and sense to live breath love and enjoy the time one has been given I expect that all sounds a bit soppy me sitting on a hill in France and not being in a lovely lane near Cockshott But I do KNOW I have been there myselfand I have never been surer For me at any ratequot DIRK BOGARDE In the south of France when the Scott Fitzgeralds the Murphys Picasso and Jean Cocteau lived and worked during the Jazz Age the French Riviera became famous Now Nicole Bennett goes there to retrace their steps and try to discover who followed after them Disenchanted with her awardwinning acting career as well as her oneyear marriage to Nigel she seeks to make a significant change in her life She leaves London and attempts to fulfill her dream of writing a book about the writers who lived and worked in the south of France In Cannes she meets new people and falls in love with the incredible scenery While rediscovering the charm and magic of the Riviera she is influenced by other writersGraham Green Dirk Bogarde Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest...